Find out controller name BEFORE dispatcher call

Nemesis666 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 02:08 PM

Hi,

I'm trying to make a routing decition in my index.php based on some cookie information and on the controller, the visitor will be routed to.

Example: I have a website with "static pages" (staticController) and some "restricted pages" (restrictedController). Further on I have (or not) a cookie telling me, if I can access the restriced pages. Now based on my cookie and the page, the visitor wants to see, I have to decide, where to route him. If he has no cookie and wants to see the restricted page, I will redirect to a special static page. If he has no cookie and wants to see a static page, it's ok. And so on.

I want to know, what controller the router will choose, before the dispatch() of the front controller is being called. Is there a way to do this?

Leif.Högberg · #2 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 07:28 AM

PHP Code:


			
<?php

  

/** Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract */

require_once 'Zend/Controller/Plugin/Abstract.php';



class Foo_Controller_Plugin_MyPlugin extends Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract

{

    /**

     * preDispatch() plugin hook -- 

     *

     * @param  Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request

     * @return void

     */

    public function preDispatch(Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request)

    {

         //the following functions will tell you where the visitor is heading

        $request->getModuleName();

        $request->getControllerName();

        $request->getActionName();



        //this will send the user elsewhere.

        $request->setModuleName('modname')

            ->setControllerName('controllername')

            ->setActionName('actionname')

            ->setDispatched(false);

    }

}

Then just register the plugin in your bootstrap

PHP Code:


			
$controller = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();

$controller->registerPlugin(new Foo_Controller_Plugin_MyPlugin());

And you are ready to rock!

sunspark · #3 (**permalink**) 04-15-2008, 01:45 AM

That's almost all that I need myself, I think.

I want to put my Auth & ACL within a single preDispatch, so I don't have to repeat it for all my controllers.

The problem I ran into was how to redirect to the login form when either fails (user isn't logged in or user does not have permission).

Using

Code:

$request->setControllerName('controllername')

appears to mostly work, but...

1. How can I pass a $_GET variable as well (/controller/action?var=something)?

2. How can I have the rest of my preDispatch skipped? Just use

Code:

return;

?

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