-- scs <[email protected]> wrote
(on Friday, 09 October 2009, 08:50 PM +0300):
> Thank you all.
> In fact I am aware of that the routing does not take place in
> bootstrap but only with the help of plugins.
> 
> This is the short story why i needed it:
> I was implementing a zend_acl system which is stored on db.
> In this system, every page has a record in db and every page is given
> a role (a common role: guest, member etc.).
> sample table:
> fields: id, name, module, controller, action, role
> values:1, contact, default, contact, index, guest
> 
> To initiate the acl, I have a function _initAcl() in bootstrap file:
> {
>     //get frontcontroller and auth
>    ...
>    $acl = new My_Acl();
>    $frontController->registerPlugin(new My_Plugin_Acl($acl, $auth));
> }
> 
> 
> The  class My_Acl has the function:
> __construct() {
>  1. get roles and resources from db (private functions of this
> class): No Problem
>  2. add them to acl ($this->addResource/addRole): No Problem
>  3. find the requested page from the db and gets its role ???
>  4. set allow rule for the page: $this->allow(page_role_name,
> resource, action) ???
> }
> 
> The problem is in the 3rd step; I need to find the controller name and
> action name so that
> I can fetch the page's role_name from the db with the requested
> controller and action name. And then go on 4th step above.


I'd say you're doing too much in your constructor.

Move 3 and 4 to a separate method, and call that method from
routeShutdown() or dispatchLoopStartup(). At that point you'd know the
actual controller/action pair, and will have no problems.


> Lets say the requested page is url/contact/index
> 
> To get this page record from the db,
> I need to know the controller_name and action_name so that
> I can get the contact page's (where controller=$controller and action
> = $action) role name.
> 
> However, I could not get the controller and action name in My_Acl.
> 
> I am able to get them in the plugin but then I have to add roles and
> resources(1st and 2nd step of __construct) in My_Acl
> and the 3rd and 4th steps (find page data and set allow/deny rules) in
> the plugin.
> 
> In other words, I have to divide the acl jobs between the plugin and
> My_Acl class.
> I just wanted to set all the roles, resources and rules in My_Acl and
> then in the plugin only check
> if isAllowed or not and route them to login or denied page.
> 
> This is it. Hope I made it clear.  I am not very much experienced and
> knowledgeable yet on ZF but still reading tons of articles and codes.
> And I would be pleased if I can hear any comments, recommendations,
> some better practices or improvements.
> 
> Thanks
> scs
> 
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 6:48 PM, David Mintz <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Vadim Gabriel <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> i don't think they exits there yet. Those values are being set after the
> >> bootstrap and the dispatch process.
> >
> >
> > Therefore, this is the way to go, at least for the time being:
> > http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.controller.plugins.html
> >
> > --
> > David Mintz
> > http://davidmintz.org/
> >
> > The subtle source is clear and bright
> > The tributary streams flow through the darkness
> >
> 

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