/**
* Route
* Takes the request and calls the appropriate controller/action
* Request data is now taken directly from $_SERVER instead of being
* passed into the router
*/
static function route()
{
// check to see whether the request was a redirect
if (empty($_SERVER['REDIRECT_URL'])) {
// index.php was called directly instead of being rewritten
// so we call pagesController->home
$controllerName = 'pagesController';
$actionName = 'home';
} else {
$requestURI = $_SERVER['REDIRECT_URL'];
$request = Router::parseRequest($requestURI);
}
// get the controller name from the request array (if not set)
if (empty($controllerName)) {
$controllerName = array_shift($request) . 'Controller';
}
// get the action name from the request array (if not set)
if (empty($actionName)) {
$actionName = array_shift($request);
}
// throw an exception if the controller doesn't exist
if (!class_exists($controllerName)) {
throw new Exception('Class ' . $controllerName . ' does not exist.');
}
// create an instance of the required controller class
// (passing in the name of the action we're about to call)
$controller = new $controllerName($actionName);
// pagesController is a special case because the methods are
// created dynamically based on the action name passed to the
// class constructor. The anonymous function assigned to the
// dynamic property fails method_exists() and is_callable(),
// so we have to call it separately using call_user_func().
// This also makes it more difficult to throw exceptions that
// trap bad page names.
if ($controllerName == 'pagesController') {
call_user_func($controller->{$actionName});
} else {
// throw an exception if the action doesn't exist
if (!method_exists($controllerName, $actionName)) {
throw new Exception('Method ' . $controllerName . '->' . $actionName . ' does not exist.');
}
// call the controller action method and pass in request params
$controller->{$actionName}($request);
}
}
static function route($requestURI)
{
$request = Router::parseRequest($requestURI);
// get the controller name from the request array
$controllerName = array_shift($request) . 'Controller';
// get the action name from the request array
$actionName = array_shift($request);
// throw an exception if the controller doesn't exist
if (!class_exists($controllerName)) {
throw new Exception('Class ' . $controllerName . ' does not exist.');
}
// create an instance of the required controller class
// (passing in the name of the action we're about to call)
$controller = new $controllerName($actionName);
// throw an exception if the controller doesn't exist
if (!method_exists($controllerName, $actionName)) {
throw new Exception('Method ' . $controllerName . '->' . $actionName . ' does not exist.');
}
// call the controller action method and pass in request params
$controller->{$actionName}($request);
}
