An example of a custom Zend Framework route that results in a 301 redirect

Bootstrap.php

<?php

class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap
{
	protected function _initCustomRoutes()
	{
                $router = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->getRouter();
		$route = new Mylib_Controller_Router_Route_Redirect('old/route/*', array('controller'=>'content', 'action'=>'index'));		
                $router->addRoute('old_route', $route);
	}
}

Mylib_Controller_Router_Route_Redirect.php

<?php

class Mylib_Controller_Router_Route_Redirect extends Zend_Controller_Router_Route
{
	public function match($path, $partial = false)
	{
		if ($route = parent::match($path, $partial)) {
			$helper = new Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_Redirector();
			$helper->setCode(301);
			$helper->gotoRoute($route);
		}
	}
}

Why use the Zend namespace? are you monkey patching your library?

No, I changed the name for the example. The real code is actually prefixed with our company name.

So why not share it with your namespace? it makes sense to do so, that way people can use your code without having to ruin their upgrade path by dropping your code into their 'zend' dir in their lib.

I assumed the reader would already know how to do that, but I have renamed the code sample to be more explicit.