Question

How to create an application where you can use URLs like Facebook?

• app.dev/username
• app.dev/username/pictures
• app.dev/username/info
• app.dev/username/posts/post_333
• app.dev/username/posts/post_333/share

The application has other controllers with different URL’s

• app.dev/events
• app.dev/site/contact
• app.dev/site/terms

When the controler does not exist, redirect to the profile controller

in application.ini

autoloaderNamespaces[] = "Plugins"
resources.frontController.plugins[] = "Plugins_Profiles"

in Bootstrapp.php

protected function _initProfiles()
{
    $front = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
    $front->registerPlugin(new Plugins_Profiles());    
}

in /library/Plugin/Profiles.php

class Plugins_Profiles extends Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract
{

    public function preDispatch(Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request)
    {
        $dispatcher = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->getDispatcher();

        if (!$dispatcher->isDispatchable($request)) {

            $url = $request->getControllerName();

            $request->setModuleName('default');
            $request->setControllerName('profiles');
            $request->setActionName('url');
            $request->setParam('url', $url);

            /** Prevents infinite loop if you make a mistake in the new request **/
            if ($dispatcher->isDispatchable($request)) {
                $request->setDispatched(false);
            }

        }

    }

}

But I can not send variables
Ex: app.dev/username/posts/post_333/share

Any idea how I should proceed?

PS. Sorry about the grammar, I am Brazilian and I speak Portuguese.

Answer 1

You should check out Zend_Controller_Router_Route to get a clean url. Here are some links to get started with clean-url and zend route.

• Url-routing in zend framework
• Simple Route example
• Documentation for Zend_Controller_Router_Route