Question

In my Zend framework project I want to check whether a cookie is set. If it is the case I want to use the cookie contents to login a user.

Since it is neccessary for me to do this automatic login before any controller is called I tried to put it in the Bootstrap. There I want to check the database if the user information is valid. Unfortunately at this point the default database adapter is not yet initialized.

So my question is the following: Where do I put those stuff that should be executed before any controller is called and after all initializing/bootstrapping stuff is done?

Answer 1

I’have not a great experience with Zend Framework but I think you should create a custom generic controller for example GenericController that extends the Zend_Controller_Action and put your code in the preDispatch() function. All your controllers will then a subclass of your custom controller, for example:

class GenericController extends Zend_Controller_Action{
   function preDispatch(){
      parent::preDispatch();
      // put your code here
   }
}
class FooController extends GenericController{
...
}