Zend Framework Controller to Module routing

Question

So i have been doing my best trying to absorb as much as i can about the Zend Framework which is pretty new to me, i'm about two weeks in since my first attempts and being doing well so far.

However i have run into a small issue i just can't figure out.

So here's the deal, i have a standard Zend Framework project with a number of modules in it. Like this :

- Project
- - Application
- - - configs
- - - controllers
- - - - IndexController
- - - - WMSController
- - - forms
- - - layouts
- - - models
- - - modules
- - - - content
- - - - - controllers
- - - - - - IndexController
- - - - - models
- - - - - views
- - - - - Bootstrap
- - - views
- - - bootstrap
- - public

etc..

Now i have a simple test link set in the view for the WMSController wich is supposed to direct someone klicking it to the IndexController of the content module.

<a href="wms/content"> test link to content module</a>

Now as you can probably see this link is NOT going to work since it is pointing towards localhost/wms/content which would be the content action in the WMSController which doesn't exist at this moment.

Now what i want to do is to make the wms/content actually point towards the IndexController of the content module. Why? Well i simply do not want a user to type localhost/content to get to the content module which is part of the WMS. I want to force them to get trough the WMS controller first.

I have read numerous things about routing being the solution using the bootstrap or the autoloader but pretty much all of them simply help you with pointing a certain url to a specific action in a specific controller.

What i want is a url to point to a specific action in a specific controller in a specific module.

NOTE: All the other controllers and views are still the default generated versions with no changes made to them yet!

If anyone could show me a code example of how this is done it would be much appreciated!

Use the [Router](http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.controller.router.html)? — prodigitalson, Apr 18 '12 at 13:25
Similar problem. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9372055/cannot-load-modules-index-action-for-zend-framework-module/9436169#9436169 Go through the answer, my guess it's apache's the mod_rewrite module. — Weltschmerz, Apr 18 '12 at 14:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '12 at 09:38

If I understand correctly you simply want /wms/content to point to module content controller Index action index. This is a case where a simple router will work(at least until you want to get more complex)

In your application.ini add these lines:

resources.router.routes.content.route = "wms/content"
resources.router.routes.content.defaults.module = "content" 
resources.router.routes.content.defaults.controller = "index"
resources.router.routes.content.defaults.action = "index"

this is the easiest way to build a custom route.
*Note:*The 4th parameter from the left is the name of the route, so if you use it with a method that allows using route names (the url() helper for example) you can just use the route name.
$this->url(array(), 'content');

This is how you would use a named route, personally I would probably consider renaming my module wms (if possible and practical) and just redirecting there from the default Index controller. Because once you start with named and custom routes it's hard to quit...

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '12 at 14:25

From your question that you

want to force them to get trough the WMS controller first

You can do one thing. Whatever you want to do in WMSController whenever a user types localhost/content/** you can put it in the parent class for ALL THE CONTROLLERS IN MODULE: 'CONTENT'. This way you can check for something/ perform operations everytime a request comes to this controller (no matter if the user wanted to go to the other module.)

class Content_AnyController extends MyControllers_Controller_Action_Admin{ .... }

where

class Reviewmo_Controller_Action extends Zend_Controller_Action{ 
    public function init(){
    //Things you want to do each time
    }

}

This is what I think you want to achieve because if you want to just simply redirect to WMSController's ContentAction you can simply redirect to that controller.

Zend Framework Controller to Module routing

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