Is it possible to disable an action in pre-dispatch?

Question

In my controller I have a preDispatch method where I check if the user is logged in. If he is not I redirect the user to login form.

Is there any way to disable one of the action's from the preDispatch method? Because I do not need the authorisation for this action.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '12 at 21:48

In the plugin, you can check if that specific controller and action is being called and allow the request to continue.

Something similar to the following in your plugin will work.

public function preDispatch(Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request) {
    // ...

    $controller = $request->getControllerName();
    $action     = $request->getActionName();

    if ($controller == 'login' && $action == 'login') {
        return ; // do not execute any more plugin code
    }

    // deny access and redirect to login form

tanks a lot that was what I need:) – Michał Kalkowski Oct 13 '12 at 12:53 — Michał Kalkowski, Oct 13 '12 at 12:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '12 at 12:00

I usually use my "Empty" controller/action to do this :

public function preDispatch(Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request) {
if (!$logined){
 $request->setControllerName('empty')->setActionName('index');
return;
}
}

It substitute your current action.

Is it possible to disable an action in pre-dispatch?

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