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In this short chapter, we will see how to create a new route that will catch a custom URL and execute a controller action. We want to create a new route, /cookbook/test, that displays a simple 'Hello world' message. This tutorial is a simplified version of the official one that can be found on http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/controller.html.
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This controller was generated by the bundle generator. It contains one method, helloAction(), that matched the YAML configuration we have changed in the previous part. Let's just rename the indexAction() method so that we end up with this code.
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public function helloAction( $name )
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$response = new \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
$response->setContent( "Hello $name" );
return $response;
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Controller actions must return a Response object that will contain the response's content, the headers, and various optional properties that affect the action's behavior. In our case, we simply set the content, using setContent(), to "Hello $name". Simple. Go to http://ezpublish5/cookbook/hello/YourName, and you should get "Hello YourName".
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For convenience, a custom controller is available at eZ\Bundle\EzPublishCoreBundle\Controller. It gives you with a few commodity methods:
You are encouraged to use it for your custom controllers that interact with eZ Publish. |
With both command line scripts and HTTP routes, you have the basics you need to start writing Public API code.