Automatically switch Symfony front web controllers using .htaccess
Ok here's a quick tutorial on how to enable application switching in Symfony with minimal fuss ... yes we love the sound of that!
# no, so we redirect to our front web controller
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]
# no, so we redirect to our back web controller
RewriteRule ^myadmin(.*)$ admin.php [QSA,L]
# no, so we redirect to our front web controller
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]
homepage:
url: /myadmin
param: { module: default, action: list }
default_symfony:
url: /symfony/:action/*
param: { module: default }
default_index:
url: /myadmin/:module
param: { action: index }
default:
url: /myadmin/:module/:action/*
Modify your .htaccess file
Edit your web/.htacces file and locate the lines that look like this:
# no, so we redirect to our front web controller
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]
Duplicate the above and modify to your linking:
# no, so we redirect to our back web controller
RewriteRule ^myadmin(.*)$ admin.php [QSA,L]
# no, so we redirect to our front web controller
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]
The ^myadmin(.*)$ is the URL so you should have no pages on your public application that start with this.
Update your routing.yml
Edit your backend/config/routing.yml file like so:
homepage:
url: /myadmin
param: { module: default, action: list }
default_symfony:
url: /symfony/:action/*
param: { module: default }
default_index:
url: /myadmin/:module
param: { action: index }
default:
url: /myadmin/:module/:action/*
