Shorten Zend Framework Route Definitions

Question

How can I shorten the definition of my custom routes in Zend Framework? I currently have this as definition:

$route = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route(
    \":mo         


        

Answer 1

My routes.ini file started to get really large, so I decided to use Zend Caching to cache the routes after they had been parsed. I used Xcache for the backend caching solution. Here's the code, which should be put in the Bootstrap.php file:

protected function _initRoutes()
{
  $backendType = 'Xcache';
  $backendOptions = array();

  // Instantiate a caching object for caching the routes
  $cache = Zend_Cache::factory('File', $backendType, 
    array(
      'automatic_serialization' => true, 
      'master_files'=>array(APPLICATION_PATH . '/configs/routes.ini')
    ), 
    $backendOptions
  );

  $frontController = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();        

  if(! $router = $cache->load('router')) {

    // Load up .ini file and put the results in the cache
    $routes = new Zend_Config_Ini (APPLICATION_PATH . '/configs/routes.ini', 'production');            
    $router = $frontController->getRouter();
    $router->addConfig( $routes, 'routes' );

    $cache->save($router, 'router');
  }     
  else {        
    // Use cached version
    $frontController->setRouter($router);
  }

}