Does Symfony 2 controller beforeAction exist?

Question

Is there a method like beforeAction for Symfony 2 controllers? Also, is there a generic beforeAction for the entire bundle/project?

Answer 1

No, unfortunately there isn't a preExecute equivalent in symfony2, but instead you have access to a more powerful events model.

This article explains how to add a listener.

The event you want to listen to is onCoreController

Also see: http://symfony.com/doc/2.0/book/internals.html#the-event-dispatcher