In order to direct requests for /sitemap.xml to a custom controller and action in your Zend Framework application simply add the following in your application.ini or alternative config file (e.g. I use navigation.ini):

resources.router.routes.sitemap.route                = "sitemap.xml"
resources.router.routes.sitemap.defaults.controller  = index
resources.router.routes.sitemap.defaults.action      = sitemap

Example code for outputting can be seen by creating an action in the appropriate controller (e.g. my sitemap lies in the index controller, sitemap action):

<php
class IndexController
    extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    /**
     * Renders a sitemap based on Zend_Navigation setup
     */
    public function sitemapAction()
    {
    	echo $this->view->navigation()->sitemap();
    	$this->view->layout()->disableLayout();
    	$this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender(true);
    }
}

Sitemaps can quickly and easily be generated using Zend_Navigation, a great quick tutorial (and generally very useful for Zend Framework tutorials) is Zend Casts – Dynamically creating a menu a sitemap and breadcrumbs.

4 Responses to “Route requests for sitemap.xml to custom controller/action”

1. Steven Lloyd Watkin says:

   Wednesday 6th January 2010 at 9:40 pm

   One thing I forgot to mention is that you’ll also need to specify your standard route for your sitemap, otherwise all URLs will point to /sitemap.xml if you use Zend_Navigation_Page_Mvc (if you’re supplying URIs there won’t be a problem).

   For example my latest project uses the following routing:

   ; ==============================
   ; Resource Routing
   ; ==============================
   resources.router.routes.www.type = “Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Hostname”
   resources.router.routes.www.route = “:module.example.com”
   resources.router.routes.www.defaults.module = “default”
   resources.router.routes.www.chains.index.type = “Zend_Controller_Router_Route”
   resources.router.routes.www.chains.index.route = “:controller/:action/*”
   resources.router.routes.www.chains.index.defaults.controller = “index”
   resources.router.routes.www.chains.index.defaults.action = “index”
   resources.router.routes.sitemap.type = “Zend_Controller_Router_Route”
   resources.router.routes.sitemap.route = “sitemap.xml”
   resources.router.routes.sitemap.defaults.controller = index
   resources.router.routes.sitemap.defaults.action = sitemap

   Therefore in my navigation.xml (or whatever config you decide to use), you’ll need to specify the routing to use, e.g.

   default.pro.pages.aboutUs.label = “Company profile”
   default.pro.pages.aboutUs.module = “www”
   default.pro.pages.aboutUs.controller = “about-us”
   default.pro.pages.aboutUs.action = “index”
   default.pro.pages.aboutUs.resource = “www_pages”
   default.pro.pages.aboutUs.route = “www-index”

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2. Evilprofessor.co.uk » Blog Archive » Dynamically add pages to Zend_Navigation container at runtime says:

   Thursday 7th January 2010 at 10:50 pm

   [...] a continuation on my last post about Zend_Navigation, Route requests for sitemap.xml to custom controller/action, this post is about dymnamically adding pages to a Zend_Navigation container at runtime/script [...]

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3. Walter says:

   Tuesday 17th May 2011 at 12:36 am

   I have serious problems, I can’t resolve it :(

   I have router.ini

   resources.router.routes.sitemap.type = “Zend_Controller_Router_Route”
   resources.router.routes.sitemap.route = “sitemap.xml”
   resources.router.routes.sitemap.defaults.controller = index
   resources.router.routes.sitemap.defaults.action = sitemap

   and bootstrap.php

   protected function _initRouter()
   {
   $frontController = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
   $config = new Zend_Config_Ini(APPLICATION_PATH . ‘/config/router.ini’);
   $router = $frontController->getRouter();
   $router->addConfig($config, ‘router’);
   }

   and I receive this error:

   Exception information:

   Message: Invalid controller specified (sitemap.xml)

   Request Parameters:

   array (
   ‘controller’ => ‘sitemap.xml’,
   ‘action’ => ‘index’,
   ‘module’ => ‘default’,
   )

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   • Steven Lloyd Watkin says:

     Tuesday 17th May 2011 at 8:07 pm

     It would seem that you’re missing a couple of entries, try updating your routes to match:

     resources.router.routes.sitemap.type = “Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Static”
     resources.router.routes.sitemap.route = “sitemap.xml”
     resources.router.routes.sitemap.controller = “index”
     resources.router.routes.sitemap.action = “sitemap”
     resources.router.routes.sitemap.defaults.module = “www”
     resources.router.routes.sitemap.defaults.controller = “index”
     resources.router.routes.sitemap.defaults.action = “sitemap”
     resources.router.routes.sitemap.defaults.route = “www-index”

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