CakePHP relative links with prefix routing - php

Question

I am using CakePHP 1.3 and have some troubles with prefix routing.
I configured routes like that:
Router::connect(
'/listing/*',
array(
'controller' => 'dsc_dates',
'action' => 'listing',
)
);
Router::connect(
'/modular/listing/*',
array(
'controller' => 'dsc_dates',
'action' => 'listing',
'prefix' => 'modular'
)
);
in my controller there are two functions:
function modular_listing($order = null,$orderDirection = null, $items=null, $location_id=null) {
$this->layout='module';
$this->setAction('listing',$order, $orderDirection, $items, $location_id);
}
function listing($order = null,$orderDirection = null, $items=null, $location_id=null){...}
The prefix action should just change some things and then operate like the normal 'listing' method. Until here it works fine.
But if i create relative links (with HTML Helper) Router::url() uses 'modular_listing' as action which does not fit into my routes. It should be 'listing' instead of 'modular_listing'.
The controller params are correct with 'listing' as action but the router params still says 'modular_listing'.
So relative links:
$this->Html->link('example',array('parameter'));
will end up in:
/dsc_dates/modular_listing/parameter
How can I get the correct links so that the router uses 'listing' as action?
UPDATE:
It is not an alternative to add 'controller' and 'action' to the url array of the link generation. In fact I have problems with the automatically generated relative links from the paginator.

Answer 1

I couldn't tell if you wanted the generated Html->link() routes with the leading controller or not, so I did both:
Controller (note the renderer):
// DscDatesController.php
public function listing($param = null) {
$this->set('param', $param);
$this->render('listing');
}
public function modular_listing($param = null) {
//
$this->setAction('listing', $param);
}
Routes:
// routes.php
Router::connect(
// notice no leading DS
'listing/*',
array(
'controller' => 'DscDates',
'action' => 'listing'
)
);
Router::connect(
'/modular/listing/*',
array(
'controller' => 'DscDates',
'action' => 'listing'
)
);
View:
// DscDates/listing.ctp
<?php
// generates /dsc_dates/listing/:param
echo $this->Html->link(
'example',
array('controller'=>'dsc_dates', 'action'=>'listing', $param));
// generates /listing/:param
echo $this->Html->link(
'example',
array('action'=>'listing', $param));
About wildcards, DS and routing order:
CakePHP broken index method
HTH :)