Question

I have the relevant code posted in a gist:

https://gist.github.com/1561520

I was wondering if someone could tell me what the correct way to call the ReportsController->create() method from my form would be. The only idea I can come up with would be to have form have a random action, something like action="application/views/reports/new.php" and call my controllers create method from there. The problem is, that defeats the purpose of the __autoload function, unless I am mistaken.

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

I would give a simple router like PHP-router a try.

<?php

require 'Router.php';

$r = new Router();

// maps '/report/create' to controller ReportsController->create().
$r->match('/report/create','ReportsController#create');

if($r->hasRoute()) { ?>

    <h1>Route found!</h1>
    <p><b>Controller: </b><?php echo $r->getRoute()->controller; ?></p>
    <p><b>Action: </b><?php echo $r->getRoute()->action; ?></p>
    <p><b>Params: </b><?php var_dump($r->getRoute()->params); ?></p>

<?php

// Load controller
$controller = new $r->getRoute()->controller;

// Call controller action, and pass params
call_user_func_array(array($controller, $r->getRoute()->action), $r->getRoute()->params);

}
else
{
    die('<h1>No route found.</h1>');
}