Re: [fw-general] Creating a multiple language website to use the same php scripts
Hi Szymon,
Thanks so much for your detailed reply below. I have been experimenting with
this but however have a complication and would really appreciate if you could
help me out.
To start, I have a administrator section that is to be kept separate from the
public site
http://123.231.21.214/zend-test/public/admin/products/
(this is just a test url that we are working on - assume that
"http://123.231.21.214/zend-test/public/"; is the public domain)
That works fine now. But when I edit my bootstrap.php file to use the routing
functionality you mentioned,
i.e.
$route = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route(
':publicsitecode/:controller/:action/*',
array(
'publicsitecode' => 'uk'
)
);
$router->addRoute('default', $route);
then my "admin" section does not work. Everything renders to the index view.
So, I tried to change this by adding the following code, to keep a separate
route to my "admin" section so that the AdminController is included:
$router = $frontController->getRouter();
$route = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route(
'admin/:action/*',
array(
'action' => 'index'
)
);
$router->addRoute('default', $route);
$route = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route(
':publicsitecode/:controller/:action/*',
array(
'publicsitecode' => 'uk'
)
);
$router->addRoute('default', $route);
The above code correctly includes my AdminController. However, the view
rendered is not the Admin views we were using..instead, the index view
http://123.231.21.214/zend-test/public/
is displayed .. basically, the index view is included (which currently simply
prints some basic text), whereas ZF should use the Admin view instead.
I tried it a different way, by using a static route
$route = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Static(
'admin',
array('controller' => 'admin', 'action' => 'index')
);
$router->addRoute('default', $route);
or
$route = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Static(
'admin',
array('controller' => 'admin', 'action' => 'index')
);
$router->addRoute('admin', $route);
But neither of these solved my problem :(
Before I go too deep into the rerouting for my public website, do you know:
a) How I can solve the above problem? so that my "admin" url is treated
separately and the controller/view are taken from ZF in the 'usual' way?
b) How I can mimic an htaccess file to pass unlimited parameters, for example:
www.mydomain.com/products/boots/polly/5/black/
and
www.mydomain.com/products/boots/polly/5/
and
www.mydomain.com/products/boots/polly/
and
www.mydomain.com/products/boots/
should all be working URLs that either go to a products controller or action (I
don't mind doing what is needed via a controller or action, whatever is more
'normal' in terms of ZF coding to generate the content for the products page
depending on the paramters passed via url)
Likewise, in the CMS part of the site,
www.mydomain.com/pages/about_us/
and
www.mydomain.com/pages/terms_and_conditions/
where the variable after "pages" in the URL is a special parameter that
identifies the page via the database.
You have said that using ZF's Zend_Controller_Router_Route will solve my
problem for multiple languages
(e.g.
www.mydomain.com/pages/about_us/ will by default go to the English page
identified by 'about_us', but
www.mydomain.com/de/pages/about_us/ will load the German page identified by
'about_us')
however I am not sure how to tell ZF to load the correct controller/view and
give the correct parameters to that controller, just like an htaccess file
does. Any suggestions or further reading you can recommend?
Many thanks!
Rishi
--- On Fri, 6/20/08, SWilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: SWilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [fw-general] Creating a multiple language website to use the
> same php scripts
> To: "Rishi Daryanani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: fw-general@lists.zend.com
> Date: Friday, June 20, 2008, 3:00 PM
> Hi,
>
> Rishi Daryanani wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> []
> > Basically we are planning to set up the English site
> > under the main domain and language sites under a
> > directory structure like the above, so the following
> > would be valid:
> >
> > http://www.mydomain.com/ads/cars/36/
> > {shows content in English and uses a certain
> > controller and view to do this}
> >
> > http://www.mydomain.com/sg/ads/cars/36/
> > (must use the same controller and view, but the site
> > id will be different (stored in a session) and
&g
Re: [fw-general] Creating a multiple language website to use the same php scripts
Hi Rishi,
The set up you describe is perfectly possible with ZF...
Have you checked out Magento? You may not want to use it per se but
it is built on ZF and they use a sites/stores breakdown that is the
sort of thing you're aiming at --- you could use it for inspiration
at least...
http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/
welcome_to_the_magento_user_s_guide/
chapter_1#elements_and_terminologies_of_magento_sites
(Sorry I think that link might break...)
Regards,
Carlton
On 20 Jun 2008, at 06:17, Rishi Daryanani wrote:
Hi all,
Sorry but since I didn't receive any replies to the below I wanted
to try once more..
My biggest concern is how to share code between multiple sub-
sites.. ZF actions seem really useful for this but then again,
maybe I did my own PHP function to replicate what .htaccess
mod_rewrite does...and go through the URL part by part to do
redirects...
Does anyone have any recommendations on how to tackle this, or does
my solution above sound like the right thing to do? (i.e. custom
php code to mimic .htaccess mod_rewrite, without making use of ZF
actions)
Please see my email below to get a better idea of what I'm trying
to do. Thanks so much to everyone for your time.
Thanks,
Rishi
--- On Wed, 6/11/08, Rishi Daryanani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Rishi Daryanani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [fw-general] Creating a multiple language website to use
the same php scripts
To: fw-general@lists.zend.com
Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 8:46 PM
Hi,
I am setting up a site which will be divided into
subsites, one per country (for a set number of
countries). The sites will be the same (the coding
must be shared), but the content will vary depending
on the site ID or code, for example, the following
URLs should work for my site..and the key difference
would be the SITE ID as you can see below (which will
show different content from a database, based on that
site id):
http://www.mydomain.com/ {english site}
http://www.mydomain.com/nl/ (netherlands site)
http://www.mydomain.com/de/ (german site)
http://www.mydomain.com/ads/cars/36/
http://www.mydomain.com/nl/ads/cars/36/
http://www.mydomain.com/de/ads/cars/37/
Basically we are planning to set up the English site
under the main domain and language sites under a
directory structure like the above, so the following
would be valid:
http://www.mydomain.com/ads/cars/36/
{shows content in English and uses a certain
controller and view to do this}
http://www.mydomain.com/sg/ads/cars/36/
(must use the same controller and view, but the site
id will be different (stored in a session) and
therefore display everything in the other
language/country
My question - how can I do this in ZF? In the
IndexController, I know I can define functions for the
above like this:
public function adsAction() {
}
But then how do I make sure the same function is
called if I go to a URL like this:
http://www.mydomain.com/sg/ads/cars/36/
public function sgAction() {
//set session site id as "sg"
//redirect to adsAction() if /ads/ is the next item
in the URL, or redirect to productsAction if the next
item in the URL is "products", or redirect to
indexAction if there is no "next" item in the URL
}
Can someone please let me know how to code this? I'm
still a newbie... the complication comes in because
the redirect depends on the URL. You may also have a
URL like this:
http://www.mydomain.com/?myparameter=1
http://www.mydomain.com/nl/?myparameter=1
Basically in both cases, I would want the indexAction
to be called with the appropriate session siteid set,
and the parameter would also need to be passed without
change.
Any advice on the best way to do this?
Many thanks!
Re: [fw-general] Creating a multiple language website to use the same php scripts
Hi all,
Sorry but since I didn't receive any replies to the below I wanted to try once
more..
My biggest concern is how to share code between multiple sub-sites.. ZF actions
seem really useful for this but then again, maybe I did my own PHP function to
replicate what .htaccess mod_rewrite does...and go through the URL part by part
to do redirects...
Does anyone have any recommendations on how to tackle this, or does my solution
above sound like the right thing to do? (i.e. custom php code to mimic
.htaccess mod_rewrite, without making use of ZF actions)
Please see my email below to get a better idea of what I'm trying to do. Thanks
so much to everyone for your time.
Thanks,
Rishi
--- On Wed, 6/11/08, Rishi Daryanani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Rishi Daryanani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [fw-general] Creating a multiple language website to use the same
> php scripts
> To: fw-general@lists.zend.com
> Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 8:46 PM
> Hi,
>
> I am setting up a site which will be divided into
> subsites, one per country (for a set number of
> countries). The sites will be the same (the coding
> must be shared), but the content will vary depending
> on the site ID or code, for example, the following
> URLs should work for my site..and the key difference
> would be the SITE ID as you can see below (which will
> show different content from a database, based on that
> site id):
>
> http://www.mydomain.com/ {english site}
> http://www.mydomain.com/nl/ (netherlands site)
> http://www.mydomain.com/de/ (german site)
>
> http://www.mydomain.com/ads/cars/36/
> http://www.mydomain.com/nl/ads/cars/36/
> http://www.mydomain.com/de/ads/cars/37/
>
> Basically we are planning to set up the English site
> under the main domain and language sites under a
> directory structure like the above, so the following
> would be valid:
>
> http://www.mydomain.com/ads/cars/36/
> {shows content in English and uses a certain
> controller and view to do this}
>
> http://www.mydomain.com/sg/ads/cars/36/
> (must use the same controller and view, but the site
> id will be different (stored in a session) and
> therefore display everything in the other
> language/country
>
>
> My question - how can I do this in ZF? In the
> IndexController, I know I can define functions for the
> above like this:
>
> public function adsAction() {
> }
>
> But then how do I make sure the same function is
> called if I go to a URL like this:
> http://www.mydomain.com/sg/ads/cars/36/
>
> public function sgAction() {
> //set session site id as "sg"
> //redirect to adsAction() if /ads/ is the next item
> in the URL, or redirect to productsAction if the next
> item in the URL is "products", or redirect to
> indexAction if there is no "next" item in the URL
> }
>
> Can someone please let me know how to code this? I'm
> still a newbie... the complication comes in because
> the redirect depends on the URL. You may also have a
> URL like this:
>
> http://www.mydomain.com/?myparameter=1
> http://www.mydomain.com/nl/?myparameter=1
>
> Basically in both cases, I would want the indexAction
> to be called with the appropriate session siteid set,
> and the parameter would also need to be passed without
> change.
>
> Any advice on the best way to do this?
>
> Many thanks!
[fw-general] Creating a multiple language website to use the same php scripts
Hi,
I am setting up a site which will be divided into
subsites, one per country (for a set number of
countries). The sites will be the same (the coding
must be shared), but the content will vary depending
on the site ID or code, for example, the following
URLs should work for my site..and the key difference
would be the SITE ID as you can see below (which will
show different content from a database, based on that
site id):
http://www.mydomain.com/ {english site}
http://www.mydomain.com/nl/ (netherlands site)
http://www.mydomain.com/de/ (german site)
http://www.mydomain.com/ads/cars/36/
http://www.mydomain.com/nl/ads/cars/36/
http://www.mydomain.com/de/ads/cars/37/
Basically we are planning to set up the English site
under the main domain and language sites under a
directory structure like the above, so the following
would be valid:
http://www.mydomain.com/ads/cars/36/
{shows content in English and uses a certain
controller and view to do this}
http://www.mydomain.com/sg/ads/cars/36/
(must use the same controller and view, but the site
id will be different (stored in a session) and
therefore display everything in the other
language/country
My question - how can I do this in ZF? In the
IndexController, I know I can define functions for the
above like this:
public function adsAction() {
}
But then how do I make sure the same function is
called if I go to a URL like this:
http://www.mydomain.com/sg/ads/cars/36/
public function sgAction() {
//set session site id as "sg"
//redirect to adsAction() if /ads/ is the next item
in the URL, or redirect to productsAction if the next
item in the URL is "products", or redirect to
indexAction if there is no "next" item in the URL
}
Can someone please let me know how to code this? I'm
still a newbie... the complication comes in because
the redirect depends on the URL. You may also have a
URL like this:
http://www.mydomain.com/?myparameter=1
http://www.mydomain.com/nl/?myparameter=1
Basically in both cases, I would want the indexAction
to be called with the appropriate session siteid set,
and the parameter would also need to be passed without
change.
Any advice on the best way to do this?
Many thanks!
