thanks to everyone that helped me figure this out. for those that are interested, i wound up using an approach very similar to this posting
http://my.opera.com/zomg/blog/2007/09/19/extending-zend-framework-route-and-router-for-custom-routing mapes911 wrote: > > thanks for the suggestions guys! > i actually decided not to try the vanity url for users, but for businesses > we are attempting to have a url like > > http://<OUR DOMAIN>/business/<USERNAME> > > we tried this > > $router = $frontController->getRouter(); // returns a rewrite > router by default > > $defaults = array( > 'module' => 'default', > 'controller' => 'business', > 'action' => 'view'); > > $businessRoute = new > Zend_Controller_Router_Route('business/:username', $defaults); > > $router->addRoute('business', $businessRoute); > > but when I go to > http://<DOMAIN>/business/testuser > > I get the following > Error: username is not specified > > #0 E:\library\Zend\Controller\Router\Rewrite.php(377): > Zend_Controller_Router_Route->assemble(Array, true, true) > > #1 E:\library\Zend\View\Helper\Url.php(49): > Zend_Controller_Router_Rewrite->assemble(Array, NULL, true, true) > #2 [internal function]: Zend_View_Helper_Url->url(Array, NULL, true) > #3 E:\library\Zend\View\Abstract.php(318): call_user_func_array(Array, > Array) > > #4 [internal function]: Zend_View_Abstract->__call('url', Array) > > any ideas what i'm doing wrong? > > thanks > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Facebook-Vanity-URLs-tp23952083p24286724.html Sent from the Zend Framework mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
