[Catalyst] url parsing and sub controller

[Danijel Milicevic]

Hi Bernard,

Am Montag, den 05.09.2005, 18:00 +0200 schrieb Bernard FRIT:
> Probably a dumb question ...

Wise of the day: there are no dump questions, just dumb answers by gabb ;)

> sub begin : Private {
>     my ( $self, $c , $categ) = @_;
>     if ($categ) {
>        $c->stash->{title} = "Category = $categ";
>        return 1;
>     }
> }
> 
> when typing "domaine.tld /categ/MyCategory" I was expecting having
> $categ = MyCategory but I only have $categ=categ so I needed
>     my ( $self, $c , $dummy, $categ) = @_;
> to get the correct value. Is it correct behavior ?
> 
> More, I can't figure out why after executing begin, Catalyst execute
> default and redirect to "/default_action" ?

You might wanna check the docs for the "begin" action and its function.
Don't use it for this kinda thing, you a dedicated *public* action to
handle arguments.

What probably happened was:
1) You ask for domain.tld/categ/MyCategory
2) There is neither a *public* action named categ, nor a local action
named MyCategory in the controller Categ, so what happens next is:
3) of course your default action will be called and so on

Just write a sub categ : Global {}, put the code in it and it will work.

Regards,
Danijel "gabb" Milicevic