Zend_Rest_Route in Action

fc_get.php

<?php

$methods = array(
    'GET', 
    'PUT', 
    'POST', 
    'DELETE'
    );
    
foreach ($methods as $method) {
    $url = 'http://helloworldapp/snafu';
    echo "$method: $url\n";

    // fool front controller to avoid complex application setup
    $front = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
    $front->resetInstance();
    $front->throwExceptions(true);
    $front->setParam('noViewRenderer', true);
    $front->setControllerDirectory('.');

    // add REST routing
    $router = $front->getRouter();
    $route = new Zend_Rest_Route($front);
    $router->addRoute('rest', $route);

    // simulate HTTP method
    $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = $method;

    // construct Zend Request object
    $request = new Zend_Controller_Request_Http($url);
    
    // dispatch Request
    Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->dispatch($request);
}

echo "\n";

output.txt

GET: http://helloworldapp/snafu
Array
(
    [controller] => snafu
    [action] => index
    [module] => default
)
PUT: http://helloworldapp/snafu
Array
(
    [controller] => snafu
    [action] => put
    [module] => default
)
POST: http://helloworldapp/snafu
Array
(
    [controller] => snafu
    [action] => post
    [module] => default
)
DELETE: http://helloworldapp/snafu
Array
(
    [controller] => snafu
    [action] => delete
    [module] => default
)

SnafuController.php

<?php
class SnafuController
    extends Zend_Rest_Controller {

    public function indexAction() {
        // Zend Dispatcher routes to indexAction on every get request
        // so pass over to getAction
        $this->getAction();
    }

    public function getAction() {
        print_r($this->getRequest()->getParams());
    }
    
    public function putAction() {
        print_r($this->getRequest()->getParams());
    }
    
    public function postAction() {
        print_r($this->getRequest()->getParams());
    }
    
    public function deleteAction() {
        print_r($this->getRequest()->getParams());
    }

}