[FIXED] What is the best way to route to different controllers in CakePHP depending on HTTP header values?

Issue

I'm looking for a way to route URLs to different controllers depending on the value of the HTTP 'Accept' header.

All I have found so far is the official CakePHP documentation on routes but it is not very detailled.

Is this possible using route configurations or do I have to do this another way (e.g. by implementing a DispatcherFilter to inspect the CakeRequest)?

Solution

I want a set-up where I can seamlessly distribute responsibilities between server side and client side: e.g. letting the client handle the view creation instead of the server responding with an HTML document.

Guess you're using something like AngularJS? Well, then you expect a data format back instead of HTML I guess. So request application/json via the accept header and / or the extension. Cake can detect both and respond accordingly.

Read about JSON and XML views in the manual.

http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/views/json-and-xml-views.html

Answered By - floriank

Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (PHPFixing Admin)