Phalcon Routing for Admin controllers - php

Question

I'm a newbie at Phalcon programming, I have admin/backend and frontend controllers
Admin will be served at '/admin/:controller/:action' and frontend will be served at '/:controller/:action'
Admin controllers (KalkuRitel\Controllers\Admin namespace) are located under
app/
controllers/
admin/
and frontend controllers (KalkuRitel\Controllers\Frontend namespace) are located under
app/
controllers/
frontend/
How do I accomplish this?
And how to serve 404 page within admin and frontend controllers with their own layout?

Answer 1

I would recommend to create modules
app/
modules/
admin/
...
frontend/
...
api/
...
register modules:
$application->registerModules(array(
'frontend' => array(
'className' => 'Application\Frontend\Module',
'path' => __DIR__ . '/../modules/frontend/Module.php'
),
'admin' => array(
'className' => 'Application\Admin\Module',
'path' => __DIR__ . '/../modules/admin/Module.php'
),
'api' => array(
'className' => 'Application\Api\Module',
'path' => __DIR__ . '/../modules/api/Module.php'
)
));
define properly Module.php files and than set route somewhat close to this:
use Phalcon\Mvc\Router as Router;
use Phalcon\CLI\Router as CliRouter;
/**
* Registering a router
*/
$di->setShared('router', function () use ($application, $config) {
if($application instanceof Phalcon\CLI\Console) {
return new CliRouter();
}
$router = new Router(false);
$router->setDefaultModule("frontend");
$router->setUriSource(\Phalcon\Mvc\Router::URI_SOURCE_GET_URL);
$router->removeExtraSlashes(TRUE);
foreach($application->getModules() as $key => $module) {
$prefix = $key == 'frontend' ? '' : ('/' . $key);
$router->add($prefix . '/:params', array(
'module' => $key,
'controller' => 'index',
'action' => 'index',
'params' => 1
))->setName($key);
$router->add($prefix . '/:controller/:params', array(
'module' => $key,
'controller' => 1,
'action' => 'index',
'params' => 2
));
$router->add($prefix . '/:controller/:action/:params', array(
'module' => $key,
'controller' => 1,
'action' => 2,
'params' => 3
));
}
return $router;
});
More in manual:
https://docs.phalconphp.com/pl/latest/reference/routing.html and
https://docs.phalconphp.com/pl/latest/reference/applications.html

Answer 2

The best way to accomplish this is to create a multiple module application.
You can learn more about multiple module application setups here:
https://docs.phalconphp.com/en/latest/reference/applications.html#multi-module
Once you have the structure for this in place you can set the routes something like this:
/*
* Dependency Injector
*/
$di = new \Phalcon\Di\FactoryDefault();
/**
* Register a router
*/
$di->setShared('router', function () {
$router = new \Phalcon\Mvc\Router();
$router->setDefaultModule('frontend');
$router->setDefaultNamespace('Multiple\Frontend\Controllers');
/*
* Frontend Routes
*/
$router->add('/:controller/:action', array(
'namespace' => 'Multiple\Frontend\Controllers',
'module' => 'frontend',
'controller' => 1,
'action' => 2
));
/*
* Backend Routes
*/
$backendRoutes = new \Phalcon\Mvc\Router\Group(array(
'namespace' => 'Multiple\Backend\Controllers',
'module' => 'backend'
));
$backendRoutes->setPrefix('/admin');
$backendRoutes->add('/:controller/:action', array(
'controller' => 1,
'action' => 3
));
$router->mount($backendRoutes);
return $router;
});
This is a quick answer and may require tweaking for your individual situation but should give you a good idea of how to accomplish your goal.