Zend Framework 2: How to place a redirect into a module, before the application reaches a controller

Question

Let\'s say we have a module named Cart and want to redirect users if some condition is met. I want to place a redirect at the module bootstrapping stage, before the applicat

Answer 1

Of course it gives you an error because you must attach your listener to an event. In the folllowing example i use SharedManager and i attach the listener to AbstractActionController.

Of course you can attach your listener to another event. Below is just a working example to show you how it works. For mor info visit http://framework.zend.com/manual/2.1/en/modules/zend.event-manager.event-manager.html.

public function onBootstrap($e)
{
    $e->getApplication()->getEventManager()->getSharedManager()->attach('Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController', 'dispatch', function($e) {
        $controller = $e->getTarget();
        if (something.....) {
            $controller->plugin('redirect')->toRoute('yourroute');
        }
    }, 100);
}