Question

When trying to assemble a route by calling

return $this->redirect()->toRoute('application');

in my controller I get the following exception:

Zend\Mvc\Router\Exception\RuntimeException
File: library\Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Part.php:181
Message: Part route may not terminate

the route is configures as following:

    'routes' => array(
        'application' => array(
            'type' => 'Segment',
            'options' => array(
                'route' => '/[:controller[/[:action[/]]]]',
                'constraints' => array(
                    'controller' => '[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*',
                    'action' => '[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*',
                ),
                'defaults' => array(
                    '__NAMESPACE__' => 'Application\Controller',
                    'controller' => 'Index',
                    'action' => 'index',
                ),
            ),
            'child_routes' => array(
                'wildcard' => array(
                    'type' => 'Wildcard',
                ),
            ), 
        ),
    ),

Is it required to have the controller/action route as a child route from the route /?
when I configure it like that it works. When I use the route [/[:controller[/[:action[/]]]]] (with optional leading slash) it works for some assemblies but not for all and they’re all called in the same way described above, partially from other modules.

Answer 1

The error already tells you the problem: You’re missing a may_terminate option in your current route. Therefore, you can’t short-circuit it by return the redirect() plugin return value.

Just add a

'may_terminate' => true

to your route’s config (probably to all route configurations).