Sorry for the late comeback... I didn't want to break all the old links, so I left the parsing algorithm as it is. I was able to reduce the lines of code thanks to some more efficient features in 1.2 anyway, so that's alright. :o)
There's one thing I wonder about though. The URLs used in the app can be either: /:controller/:action/:id for things like /events/edit/<id>, or they're: /:controller/:random/:params for things like /events/in/<area>/concerts. The latter ones are all routed through to $EventsController->index(), where the URL parsing magique happens. Right now I'm doing this by specifying these routes: Router::connect('/events/add', array('controller' => 'events', 'action' => 'add')); Router::connect('/events/edit/*', array('controller' => 'events', 'action' => 'edit')); Router::connect('/events/show/*', array('controller' => 'events', 'action' => 'show')); Router::connect('/events/*', array('controller' => 'events', 'action' => 'index')); Is there a way to consolidate these rules somehow? Basically, everything that is not an actual action in my EventsController should be send to the index() method. Will I have to override the error handling class to do that? Chrs, Dav On 11 Aug 2008, at 22:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi David, > I am no authority but from what I know of the router in Cake I'd say > probably not. > > You may be able to get part of the way there with named routes: / > events/in:newyork/near:MickyDs > Problem is you seem to be limited to one of each. You can not have > Router parse two named parameters with the same name and get an array. > Instead a later parameter overwrites the previous. near:thefirst/ > near:thesecond generates only a param for near => "thesecond" > It would be cool if it worked the other way and maybe you can tweak > the code to do it for you. But you would still not have exactly the > urls you want. > > What could possibly do it all for you is regexp routing. I just > remember reading about it a while back but since I suck at regexp I > took little notice. If that feature can overcome the limitation above > then you could probably write a routing rule-set for your app. > > It is the last thing tested in router.test.php > > /Martin > > > On Aug 11, 11:10 am, David Christopher Zentgraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm in the midst of updating a 1.1 app to Cake 1.2, and am looking >> into how flexible routes are. >> The app centers around really custom URLs, like: >> >> /events/in/<place>/2008/08/13 or /events/concerts/near/<station>/ >> 2009/04 >> >> There can be four different parameters in the URL: >> - areas, distinguished by keyword /in/ >> - stations or POIs, distinguished by keyword /near/ >> - categories, distinguished by not being a number >> - dates, distinguished by being a number >> >> These can occur in any order and quantity. While I'm updating anyway, >> I'd like to replace the parsing algorithm for the URL by routes if at >> all possible; but routes don't seem to be flexible enough for the >> task, as they require parameters in a fixed order? >> >> Any input appreciated, >> Dav > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---