Gernerate custom urls within Magento

Question

I am currently looking at trying to generate custom urls/routing using magento, currently I have set a default route in config.xml within the local module.

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Answer 1

Code below is untested, but should work

If you don't want to define custom rewrite for each protfolio item, just follow these steps:

1. Write your custom router class extended from Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Router_Standard and implement match method:

   public function match(Zend_Controller_Request_Http $request)
   {
       $path = explode('/', trim($request->getPathInfo(), '/'));
       // If path doesn't match your module requirements
       if (count($path) > 2 && $path[0] != 'portfolios') {
           return false; 
       }
       // Define initial values for controller initialization
       $module = $path[0];
       $realModule = 'Custom_Portfolios';
       $controller = 'index';
       $action = 'action';
       $controllerClassName = $this->_validateControllerClassName(
           $realModule, 
           $controller
       );            
       // If controller was not found
       if (!$controllerClassName) {
           return false; 
       }            
       // Instantiate controller class
       $controllerInstance = Mage::getControllerInstance(
           $controllerClassName, 
           $request, 
           $this->getFront()->getResponse()
       );
       // If action is not found
       if (!$controllerInstance->hasAction($action)) { 
           return false; // 
       }            
       // Set request data
       $request->setModuleName($module);
       $request->setControllerName($controller);
       $request->setActionName($action);
       $request->setControllerModule($realModule);            
       // Set your custom request parameter
       $request->setParam('url_path', $path[1]);
       // dispatch action
       $request->setDispatched(true);
       $controllerInstance->dispatch($action);
       // Indicate that our route was dispatched
       return true;
   }
   

2. Define your custom router in config.xml:

   
       
           
                                              
                   
                       frontend
                       Custom_Portfolios_Controller_Router_Custom
                   
               
           
       
   
   

3. Enjoy your custom routing in Magento :)