zendframework routing based on the GET parameter - php

Question

i have a page in my website (zendframework 1) that parses the GET parameter and query its data from the database to show it to the user.
-> my current url : https://example.com/index.php/product/info?id=123
i want my url to be more human readable
-> https://example.com/index.php/product/iphone-7s-white
so basicaly i want to parse the GET parameter in the url and query the name of the product from the database in order to make it appear as the page name in the url.
i came across some solutions, one of them is achieved by looping through the database (in bootstrap.php) and adding a route for each product, but this seems like a mess, (products can reach 200k or maybe more than that).
is there a better solution for my problem ? thanks in advance

Answer 1

So basically, ZF1 provides a default route that leads to the controller/action of the names from the url.
You can add custom routes from the application/Bootstrap.php file by adding a function there:
/**
* This method loads URL routes defined in /application/configs/routes.ini
* #return Zend_Router
*/
protected function _initRouter() {
$this->bootstrap('frontController');
$front = $this->getResource('frontController');
$router = $front->getRouter();
$router->addRoute(
'user',
new Zend_Controller_Router_Route('product/:slug', array(
'controller' => 'product',
'action' => 'details',
), array(
'slug' => '[A-Za-z0-9-]+',
))
);
return $router;
}
And here you go!
As described by Chris, you need to change your controller code to handle the request. Another solution would be to use an extra action.
final class ProductController
{
public function infoAction()
{
$product = $table->find($this->_param('id'));
$this->view->product = $product;
}
public function detailsAction()
{
$product = $table->fetch(['slug' => $this->_param('slug')]);
$this->view->product = $product;
$this->render('info');
}
}
Now, assuming you do a lot of processing in infoAction, you could go with a forward:
final class ProductController
{
public function infoAction()
{
$product = $table->find($this->_param('id'));
$this->view->product = $product;
}
public function detailsAction()
{
$product = $table->fetch(['slug' => $this->_param('slug')]);
$this->forward('info', 'product', [
'id' => $product->id,
]);
}
}
It is less efficient (2 requests instead of one), but allows you to reuse your code.