Question

I am trying to create my first module in Magento.

The thing that I can’t do i sto define a module’s route in the way that I want.

I want to create a route “gateways/iphone” and it doesn’t works. Is it possible to use “/” in a route definition?

This is my module definition:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config>    
    <modules>
        <Nacho_GatewayIphone>
            <version>0.1.0</version>
        </Nacho_GatewayIphone>
    </modules>
    <frontend>
        <routers>
            <nacho_gatewayiphone>
                <use>standard</use>
                <args>
                    <module>Nacho_GatewayIphone</module>
                    <frontName>gateway_iphone</frontName>
                </args>
            </nacho_gatewayiphone>
        </routers>  
    </frontend>
</config>

And it is working fine in /gateway_iphone, but if I change <frontName> value to <frontName>gateways/iphone</frontName> when I try to hit /gateways/iphone it doesn’t run.

Is it possible to use “/” character in a router definition?

Answer 1

Since Magento parses URL to get router/controller/action, you can’t really specify the router with /, since it will violate the above structure.

The answer is pretty easy though, why don’t you specify gateways as a router, and iphone as a controller? You still will need a controller for your module, so instead of creating IndexController, you can create IphoneController with gateways as a router, and get desired gateways/iphone in the url.