Controllers

The controller contains the functionality of a page or snippet. Pimcore offers an abstract class (Pimcore_Controller_Action_Frontend), which must be implemented by your controllers. The naming of the file and the class is the same as in Zend Framework. Because “website” is configured as the default module in the front controller, you don't have to add a prefix to your controller classnames.

Examples

Put your controllers in the following directory: /website/controllers
 
There are some helpers defined in Pimcore_Controller_Action_Frontend (the abstract class your controller must extend). But the best way is to use the Website_Controller_Action (/website/lib/Website/Controller/Action.php) which is already shipped with Pimcore and implements the Pimcore_Controller_Action_Frontend and can be modified and extended the way you need.

You can use:

If you want to use one of the methods (hooks) below which are offered by ZF you have to call their parent:

• preDispatch
• postDispatch
• init

 
There are also some properties which can be useful:

Example

 ...

public function init() {
    parent::init();
    
    // example of properties
    if ($this->document instanceof Document_Page) {
           // do something
    }
    ...
    // your custom code
    ...
}

public function preDispatch() {
    parent::preDispatch();
    
    if ($this->editmode) {
           // do something only in editmode
    }
    ...
    // your custom code
    ...
}

...