Zend::loadClass('Zend_Controller_Front'); Zend::loadClass('Zend_Controller_RewriteRouter'); Zend::loadClass('Zend_View'); // register VIEW $view = new Zend_View(); $view->setScriptPath('/home/menteb/includes/dev/app/views'); Zend::register('view', $view); $routes = array(); $routes['show'] = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route ( 'books/:id', array('controller' => 'books', 'action' => 'show'), array('id' => '\d+') ); $router = new Zend_Controller_RewriteRouter(); $router->addRoutes($routes); $router->setRewriteBase('/'); // get the controller up and running $ctrl = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance(); $ctrl->setRouter($router); $ctrl->setControllerDirectory('/home/menteb/includes/dev/app/controllers/'); $ctrl->dispatch();