Thread: Forcing ZF to use index controller and index action always

I usually put routes configuration in some .ini file, and in that case, your route config should look something like this:

Code:

routes.some_route.type = "Zend_Controller_Router_Route"
routes.some_route.route = ":test/:test2"
routes.some_route.defaults.module = default
routes.some_route.defaults.controller = index
routes.some_route.defaults.action = index
routes.some_routes.defaults.test = false
routes.some_routes.defaults.test2 = false

And then in your bootstrap:

Code:

$routesConfig = new Zend_Config_Ini('path/to/routes_config.ini');
		
$front = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
$front->getRouter()->addConfig($routesConfig, 'routes');

Thanks for this.

But in the example you gave, it seems that you've hardcoded ":test/:test2"
in the route. I need something that's more versatile, so that http://mydomain/any_variable/any_variable2 routes to the index action of the index controller.

Can I use wildcards instead of ":test/:test2", so that the ini file would look like this?

Code:

routes.some_route.type = "Zend_Controller_Router_Route"
routes.some_route.route = "*/*"
routes.some_route.defaults.module = default
routes.some_route.defaults.controller = index
routes.some_route.defaults.action = index

No, test and test2 means that you'll get those params by names test and test2, and those params can hold any value you want, for example:

Code:

$test = $this->_request->getParam('test');
$test2 = $this->_request->getParam('test2');

Or, without rewrite rules, that URL will look something like this:
http://yourdomain/index.php?test=foo&test2=bar

Hope that's clear now...