CakePHP routing in pages controller

Question

I am creating a site with CakePHP, and I need to set some URLs for static pages, which are handled by the pages controller. Basically I want to have two different types of static pages, with the URLS

mysyte.com/page

which should map to app/views/pages/page.ctp and

mysite.com/special/page

which should map to app/views/pages/special-page.ctp. Note that in the first case page can be 'special' as well.

I am a bit lost with the routing I have to set up for this situation. I have tried to use the two routes

Router::connect(
    '/special/:mypage',
    array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display'),
    array('pass' => array('mypage'), 'mypage' => '[a-z]+')
);
Router::connect('/*', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display'));

and in the pages controller

function display($page = null, $mypage = null) {
    if ($mypage) {
        $path = array('special-'. $mypage);
    }
    else {
        $path = func_get_args();
    }

    //The rest of the display action
}

The problem is that is seems that :mypage is passed as the first parameter in the action, which is page, and not as the mypage parameter.

How can I possibly fix this?

Answer 1

You're passing only one parameter to the action via routing, that's why it's the first one - its the only one. Names don't really matter.

I would do it like this:

Router::connect(
  '/:page',
  array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display'),
  array('pass' => array('page'), 'page' => '[a-z]+')
  ); 
Router::connect(
  '/special/:mypage',
  array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display_special'),
  array('pass' => array('page'), 'page' => '[a-z]+')
  );

Controller code:

function display($page) {}
function display_special($page) {}

But if you want your way, try this:

Router::connect(
  '/:special/:mypage',
  array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display'),
  array('pass' => array('special', 'mypage'), 'mypage' => '[a-z]+')
  );

Answer 2

Actually I have discovered that the pages controller already handles this situation, checking for page and subpage. The URL mysite.com/special/mypage points to app/views/pages/special/mypage.ctp with the only rule

Router::connect('/*', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display'));