ZF3 zend-mvc generic route for many controllers in one module not working - zend-framework-mvc

Question

I'm in ZF3, using the zend-mvc-skeleton and trying to configure a generic route that will match as many URLs as possible as I want to be able to create new controllers (including action methods of course), and have them immediately available.
The common approach described in the documentation is to write a route that matches the controller and action (same with ZF2).
Here is my module.config.php
namespace Application;
use Zend\Router\Http\Literal;
use Zend\Router\Http\Segment;
use Zend\ServiceManager\Factory\InvokableFactory;
return [
'router' => [
'routes' => [
'home' => [
'type' => Literal::class,
'options' => [
'route' => '/',
'defaults' => [
'controller' => Controller\IndexController::class,
'action' => 'index',
],
],
],
'default' => [
'type' => Segment::class,
'options' => [
'route' => '/application[/:controller[/:action]]',
'defaults' => [
'controller' => Controller\IndexController::class,
'action' => 'index',
],
'constraints' => [
'controller' => '[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*',
'action' => '[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*',
],
],
],
],
],
'controllers' => [/* ... */],
'view_manager' => [/* ... */],
],
It works like a charm for http://localhost/ and http://localhost/application calling the indexAction() function of the IndexController class inside the /module/Application/src/IndexController.php file.
However, it's not working when I try to get the fooAction() function in the same Controller (i.e. IndexController). It's not resolving correctly http://localhost/application/foo. and I get the following error:
A 404 error occurred
Page not found.
The requested controller could not be mapped to an existing controller class.
Controller:
foo (resolves to invalid controller class or alias: foo)
No Exception available
Same error if I try http://localhost/bar/foo to get the fooAction() in the barController.
Do you have any idea of what's wrong with this? Any help will be appreciated. Many thanks.

Answer 1

The route http://localhost/application/foo won't resolve to fooAction() in the index controller, since /foo in the URL will match the controller not the action. With that route setup you would need to visit http://localhost/application/index/foo.
To get it working you'll also need to make sure you have aliased your controller in the config, e.g. assuming you have:
'controllers' => [
'invokables' => [
'Application\Controller\Index' => \Application\Controller\IndexController::class
]
],
Then alias the controller so it matches the route parameter:
'controllers' => [
'invokables' => [
'Application\Controller\Index' => \Application\Controller\IndexController::class
],
'aliases' => [
'index' => 'Application\Controller\Index'
]
],
You'll need to add aliases that match the route parameter for each controller that isn't registered using the string you want for the route, e.g. a controller Namespace\Controller\BarController should be aliased to bar, etc.

Answer 2

I came here with similar problem. I have created two controllers in
"Application" module, and two in new module "Account" with the same name.
Application/Controller/IndexController
Application/Controller/OverviewController
Account/Controller/IndexController
Account/Controller/OverviewController
here are my modules.config.php
module/Account/config/module.config.php
return [
'router' => [
'routes' => [
'Account-account' => [
'type' => Segment::class,
'options' => [
'route' => '/account[/][:controller[/][:action][/]]',
'defaults' => [
'__NAMESPACE__' => 'Account\Controller',
'controller' => Account\Controller\IndexController::class,
'action' => 'index',
'locale' => 'en_us'
],
],
'may_terminate' => true,
'child_routes' => [
'wildcard' => [
'type' => 'Wildcard'
],
],
],
],
],
'controllers' => [
'factories' => [
Controller\IndexController::class => AccountControllerFactory::class,
Controller\OverviewController::class => AccountControllerFactory::class,
],
'aliases' => [
'index' => IndexController::class,
'overview' => OverviewController::class
]
],
and my
module/Application/config/module.config.php
return [
'router' => [
'routes' => [
'home' => [
'type' => Literal::class,
'options' => [
'route' => '/',
'defaults' => [
'controller' => Controller\IndexController::class,
'action' => 'index',
],
],
],
'Application-application' => [
'type' => Segment::class,
'options' => [
'route' => '/application[/][:controller[/][:action][/]]',
'defaults' => [
'__NAMESPACE__' => 'Application\Controller',
'controller' => Application\Controller\IndexController::class,
'action' => 'index',
'locale' => 'en_US'
],
],
'may_terminate' => true,
'child_routes' => [
'wildcard' => [
'type' => 'Wildcard'
],
],
],
],
],
'controllers' => [
'factories' => [
Controller\IndexController::class => IndexControllerFactory::class,
Controller\OverviewController::class => IndexControllerFactory::class,
],
'aliases' => [
'index' => IndexController::class,
'overview' => OverviewController::class,
]
],
With this configuration if aliases sections are commented there is a error message which says that there is invalid controller or alias (index/overview).
If there are aliases
route: "application/overview/index" goes into Account module.