Posted on: April 8, 2010 at 12:00 AM
Zend Framework (Part-3):
Bootstrapping:
Zend_Controller which is a Zend Framework's controller is built to support websites with clean URLs. To achieve clean URLs all requests should go through a single file called index.php( bootstrapper). This is like a central point for all pages of the application. All we have to do is create a file htaccess in the root directory (NewProject) and write the following code as follows:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule .* index.php
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off
php_flag register_globals off
The RewriteRule is simple and it is necessary for security reason. We also set a couple of PHP ini settings for security and sanity purpose. Requests for any script file like JavaScript etc., images, CSS files should not be accessible from the bootstrapper. To do this put all files under public subdirectory and configure Apache to serve these files directly with another .htaccess file in NewProject/public folder and write the following code in this file:
RewriteEngine off
To ensure that our application and library directories are protected, add the following folders and add contents in the file:
NewProject/application/.htaccess
deny from all
NewProject/library/.htaccess
deny from all
Note: .htaccess files are used by Apache, the configuration directive AllowOverride
must be set to All within your httpd.conf file.
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