Question

I am trying to create application with Zend framework so
I have created basic application structure with zf tool.

Now when I try to start application with http://localhost/zendApp/public/index.php
the default “Welcome to the Zend Framework!” page loads.

But when I type http://localhost/zendApp/public/ or http://localhost/zendApp/public/index index controller is not invoked, but
rather I get error message:

*Invalid controller specified (zendApp)

array (
  'controller' => 'zendApp',
  'action' => 'public',
  'module' => 'default',
)

• As you see, it is trying to start the controller with the name of application.
  Also if I create additional actions in index controller and call it with http://localhost/zendApp/public/index/newaction
  I get the same error:

  array (
  ‘controller’ => ‘zendApp’,
  ‘action’ => ‘public’,
  ‘index’ => ‘newaction’,
  ‘module’ => ‘default’,
  )

Can you help me understand why index controller is not invoked?
Thanks.

Answer 1

The url for your controllers would not include the public folder. Eg UserController would be
http://localhost/zendApp/user/ not http://localhost/zendApp/public/user, and your index controller should work on http://localhost/zendApp/ or http://localhost/zendApp/index.

Your url rewiter (eg mod_rewrite) should be set up to rewrite all urls to /public/index.php other than static files eg images, css js etc. see here

Do you have this setup:
“If you are deploying to a “user” site (e.g. http://localhost/~rob), then you need a RewriteBase line in your .htaccess file that looks something like: RewriteBase /~rob/zf-tutorial/public/” from here