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<sect2 id="zend.application.available-resources.frontcontroller">
    <title>Zend_Application_Resource_Frontcontroller</title>

    <para>
        Probably the most common resource you will load with
        <classname>Zend_Application</classname> will be the Front Controller resource,
        which provides the ability to configure
        <classname>Zend_Controller_Front</classname>. This resource provides the ability
        to set arbitrary front controller parameters, specify plugins to
        initialize, and much more.
    </para>

    <para>
        Once initialized, the resource assigns the <varname>$frontController</varname>
        property of the bootstrap to the <classname>Zend_Controller_Front</classname>
        instance.
    </para>

    <para>
        Available configuration keys include the following, and are case
        insensitive:
    </para>

    <itemizedlist>
        <listitem><para>
            <emphasis><property>controllerDirectory</property></emphasis>: either a string value
            specifying a single controller directory, or an array of
            module to controller directory pairs.
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
            <emphasis><property>moduleControllerDirectoryName</property></emphasis>: a string value
            indicating the subdirectory under a module that contains
            controllers.
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
            <emphasis><property>moduleDirectory</property></emphasis>: directory under which
            modules may be found.
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
            <emphasis><property>defaultControllerName</property></emphasis>: base name of the
            default controller (normally "index").
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
            <emphasis><property>defaultAction</property></emphasis>: base name of the default
            action (normally "index").
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
            <emphasis><property>defaultModule</property></emphasis>: base name of the default
            module (normally "default").
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
            <emphasis><property>baseUrl</property></emphasis>: explicit base <acronym>URL</acronym>
            to the application (normally auto-detected).
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
            <emphasis><property>plugins</property></emphasis>: array of front controller plugin
            class names. The resource will instantiate each class (with no constructor
            arguments) and then register the instance with the front controller.
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
            <emphasis><property>params</property></emphasis>: array of key to value pairs to
            register with the front controller.
        </para></listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>
        If an unrecognized key is provided, it is registered as a front
        controller parameter by passing it to <methodname>setParam()</methodname>.
    </para>

    <example id="zend.application.available-resources.frontcontroller.configExample">
        <title>Sample Front Controller resource configuration</title>

        <para>
            Below is a sample <acronym>INI</acronym> snippet showing how to configure the front
            controller resource.
        </para>

        <programlisting language="ini"><![CDATA[
[production]
resources.frontController.controllerDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH "/controllers"
resources.frontController.moduleControllerDirectoryName = "actions"
resources.frontController.moduleDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH "/modules"
resources.frontController.defaultControllerName = "site"
resources.frontController.defaultAction = "home"
resources.frontController.defaultModule = "static"
resources.frontController.baseUrl = "/subdir"
resources.frontController.plugins.foo = "My_Plugin_Foo"
resources.frontController.plugins.bar = "My_Plugin_Bar"
resources.frontController.env = APPLICATION_ENV
]]></programlisting>
    </example>

    <example id="zend.application.available-resources.frontcontroller.propertyExample">
        <title>Retrieving the Front Controller in your bootstrap</title>

        <para>
            Once your Front Controller resource has been initialized, you can
            fetch the Front Controller instance via the
            <varname>$frontController</varname> property of your bootstrap.
        </para>

        <programlisting language="php"><![CDATA[
$bootstrap->bootstrap('frontController');
$front = $bootstrap->frontController;
]]></programlisting>
    </example>
</sect2>