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Zend Framework 3 - route based on query string

In Zend Framework 3, is it possible to route to a controller depending on whether a URL contains a query string?

For example, I have these two URLs:

/users
/users?name=Bob

I would like the first route to call a UsersController and second route to call a NameController.

Is this possible?

Solution

  • As rkeet mentioned, query string is not part of the route. Therefore, we simply added a ternary to the route config array:

    'users' => [ 
    'type'    => Literal::class,
    'options' => [ 
        'route'    => '/users',
        'defaults' => [
            'controller' => isset($_GET['name'])
                          ? NameController::class
                          : UsersController::class,
            'action'     => 'index',
        ],   
    ],   
    'may_terminate' => true,
],

    It's self explanatory, but basically the controller that is dispatched is dependent on whether a value is set in the query string.

    We decided not to use the forward() plugin because we do not want to instantiate an extra controller superfluously.