Thanks for the update! I have been using -f, which tests if a file exists,
but I see now that using -s is better because it ensures the file
exists andhas a filesize greater than zero.
-Hector
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Greets --
>
> A number of users have reported issues using the Dojo package shipped
> with 1.6.0. Originally, my thought was that we had a dirty install.
> However, a couple of comments tipped me off to the real culprit: the
> RewriteRule recommended in our Zend_Controller QuickStart and the one
> recommended in the QuickStart guide.
>
> First, some background.
>
> The "recommended" RewriteRules look like the following:
>
> RewriteEngine on
> RewriteRule !\.(js|ico|gif|jpg|png|css)$ index.php
>
> This rule essentially says, "unless you're an image, CSS file, or
> Javascript file, I'm going to route you to the front controller."
>
> Many of Dojo's dijits utilize templates when creating widgets, and the
> content is then inserted to the DOM. In a release or custom build of
> Dojo, all templates are interred into the source -- meaning that they
> are embedded in the javascript. In a source build, however, these
> templates are in separate files -- HTML files. If you look carefully at
> the RewriteRule above, HTML files are not part of it. What this means is
> that when a request is made to such a file, it's processed incorrectly,
> and the dijit is not able to build its DOM nodes correctly -- which
> leads to the errors users were reporting.
>
> Fortunately, there is a solution: a better rewrite rule. The one
> presented below has been circulating around in a variety of places, and
> was in fact the reason I never saw the reported issues myself. Instead
> of relying on the file extension to determine whether or not to rewrite,
> it relies on file presence:
>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
> RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
> RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
>
> In essence, what this rule is saying is, "if the requested resource is
> not a valid symbolic link, file, or directory, rewrite to the front
> controller; otherwise, serve it." This rewrite rule solves the problem
> of being unable to grab the source templates, thus allowing the shipped
> Dojo to work correctly. It will also jcontinue to work when you create a
> custom build.
>
> I will be updating the Zend_Controller documentation, and also the
> QuickStart, to reflect this.
>
> --
> Matthew Weier O'Phinney
> Software Architect | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/
>
>
