Cake\Routing\Route\Route::staticPath PHP Method

    public function staticPath()
    {
        $routeKey = strpos($this->template, ':');
        if ($routeKey !== false) {
            return substr($this->template, 0, $routeKey);
        }
        $star = strpos($this->template, '*');
        if ($star !== false) {
            $path = rtrim(substr($this->template, 0, $star), '/');
            return $path === '' ? '/' : $path;
        }
        return $this->template;
    }

 /**
  * Add a route to the collection.
  *
  * @param \Cake\Routing\Route\Route $route The route object to add.
  * @param array $options Additional options for the route. Primarily for the
  *   `_name` option, which enables named routes.
  * @return void
  */
 public function add(Route $route, array $options = [])
 {
     $this->_routes[] = $route;
     // Explicit names
     if (isset($options['_name'])) {
         $this->_named[$options['_name']] = $route;
     }
     // Generated names.
     $name = $route->getName();
     if (!isset($this->_routeTable[$name])) {
         $this->_routeTable[$name] = [];
     }
     $this->_routeTable[$name][] = $route;
     // Index path prefixes (for parsing)
     $path = $route->staticPath();
     if (empty($this->_paths[$path])) {
         $this->_paths[$path] = [];
         krsort($this->_paths);
     }
     $this->_paths[$path][] = $route;
     $extensions = $route->extensions();
     if ($extensions) {
         $this->extensions($extensions);
     }
 }