Run the same Zend_Framework site on multiple domains with Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Hostname

Question

I need to run the same site based upon the zend_framework to run on multiple domains and my application needs to be aware on which domain it is running on. I thought it was a good idea to use Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Hostname, but I have run into some problems.

I have the following code in my bootstrap

$ctrl = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
$router = $ctrl->getRouter();
$router->removeDefaultRoutes();     

$hostnameRoute = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Hostname(
    ':sub-domain.:domain.:tld'
);

$defaultRoute = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route(
    ':controller/:action/*',
    array(
        'controller' => 'index',
        'action' => 'index'
    )
);
$router->addRoute('default',$hostnameRoute->chain($defaultRoute));

I get the following error "sub-domain is not specified." I think I tracked it down to that $this->url in my layout file is using the defined routes to assemble the url before the route is matched against the request url. If I set default values to the hostname route I don't get the error but the urls in the layout use the default values instead of the values in the current hostname.

Who can help me solve this problem?

Toney

Answer 1

You should define a default for subdomain. Change $defaultRoute to this:

$defaultRoute = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route(
    ':controller/:action/*',
    array(
        'controller' => 'index',
        'action' => 'index'
    )
);

It should work.

Minier

that doesn't differ from what he wrote or am i blind? – Ibrahim

Answer 2

You've got a problem in URL generation. You should specify parameters for variables in route definition for your hostname like this:

echo $this->url(array('sub-domain' => 'your-subdomain-here', 'domain' => 'your-domain', 'tld' => 'com'), 'default');

Otherwise Zend URL helper can't generate url for your definition :sub-domain.:domain.:tld . Provided example will generate this url: your-subdomain-here.your-domain.com/current_controller/current_action

Also check if sub-domain is legal variable name. Try to change it to subdomain.

Aulea