public static function dispatch($routes)
{
$output = '';
// Find a matching route
if ($route = self::findRoute($routes)) {
self::$route = $route;
//format the file name of the controller - camel case, append Controlller
$name = ucfirst($route['controller']) . 'Controller';
$file = CONTROLLERS . $name . '.php';
if (file_exists($file) && (require_once $file)) {
//action
$action = DEFAULT_ACTION;
if (isset($route['action'])) {
$action = $route['action'];
}
$action = ucfirst($action);
$controller = new $name($route);
//could force index to always exist by using an interface or abstract class
//however, this needs to be here to catch human error in a route
if (method_exists($controller, $action)) {
$controller->{$action}();
$output .= $controller->render();
if (function_exists('plugin__pre_render')) {
$output = plugin__pre_render($output);
}
print $output;
if (function_exists('plugin__post_render')) {
plugin__post_render($output);
}
//stop matching
return;
} else {
//action doesn't exist
//self::$error->code = 404;
ErrorHandler::message($action . ' action doesn\'t exist in ' . $name);
}
} else {
//self::$error->code = 404;
ErrorHandler::message($name . ' controller doesn\'t exist');
}
} else {
//self::$error->code = 404;
//ErrorHandler::message('Router did not match any controllers');
ErrorHandler::message('No valid route found!');
}
}
