Rewrite Route to map to default route

Question

Hi!

Because of the problems I experienced here: Zend_ Controller_ Router_Exception: “xyz” is not specified

I want to have this route:

":module/:controller/:id"

and map it onto this:

":module/:controller/:action/id/$id"

Is there any possibility to do this with Zend Framework? I do not want to forward the browser to that URL. I just want to tell Zend Framework how to handle this route.

As for reasons why I would like to do this, you can find them in that linked SO question.

Answer 1

Yes it is possible. In my application.ini I specify my routes using regex this way:

resources.router.routes.something.type = "Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Regex"
resources.router.routes.something.route = "mymodule/mycontroller/([0-9]+)"
resources.router.routes.something.defaults.module = "mymodule"
resources.router.routes.something.defaults.controller = "mycontroller"
resources.router.routes.something.defaults.action = "myaction"
resources.router.routes.something.map.1 = "id"

I am not familiar with the ":variable" way of defining routes, but you can take from my example the ability to set default controllers, modules, and actions, without the need to explicitly define them in the url.