title: Slashes in Laravel Routes
body: <p>I'm new to Laravel and was wondering what is the significance and meaning of using forward slashes in routes? For example:</p>
  <pre><code>Route::get('/welcome', 'MyController@welcome');
  </code></pre>
  <p>I get the same result with:</p>
  <pre><code>Route::get('welcome', 'MyController@welcome');
  </code></pre>
  <p>So what is the difference? Is the forward slash at the beginning always optional, or is it necessary sometimes?</p>
  <p>Also, can multiple forward slashes be used, e.g.:</p>
  <pre><code>Route::get('/welcome/to/this/subpath', 'MyController@welcome');
  </code></pre>
  <p>Just trying to learn. Thanks for your insights.</p>