Activation form does not fully work - zend-framework-modules

Question

i hope someone can help with this. At one point i thought i had this working but cannot figure out why it is not.
The script below does everything but include the Zend_Json::encode. It saves the user in the database it emails the person a link, however the link does not have the encryption included with it.
thanks for your help!
public function contribjoinAction()
{
$request = $this->getRequest();
$conn = XXX_Db_Connection::factory()->getMasterConnection();
$userDao = XXX_Model_Dao_Factory::getInstance()->setModule('core')->getUserDao();
$userDao->setDbConnection($conn);
if ($request->isPost()) {
$fullname = $request->getPost('full_name');
$username = $request->getPost('username');
$password = $request->getPost('password');
$password2 = $request->getPost('confirmPassword');
$email = $request->getPost('email');
$islegal = $request->getPost('islegal');
$user = new Core_Models_User(array(
'user_name' => $username,
'password' => $password,
'full_name' => $fullname,
'email' => $email,
'is_active' => 0,
'created_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
'logged_in_date' => null,
'is_online' => 0,
'role_id' => 2,
'islegal' => $islegal,
));
$id = $userDao->add($user);
$templateDao = XXX_Model_Dao_Factory::getInstance()->setModule('mail')->getTemplateDao();
$templateDao->setDbConnection($conn);
$template = $templateDao->getByName(Mail_Models_Template::TEMPLATE_ACTIVATE_CONTRIBUTOR);
if ($template == null) {
$message = sprintf($this->view->translator('auth_mail_template_not_found'), Mail_Models_Template::TEMPLATE_ACTIVATE_CONTRIBUTOR);
throw new Exception($message);
}
$search = array(Mail_Models_Mail::MAIL_VARIABLE_EMAIL, Mail_Models_Mail::MAIL_VARIABLE_USERNAME);
$replace = array($user->email, $user->user_name);
$subject = str_replace($search, $replace, $template->subject);
$content = str_replace($search, $replace, $template->body);
/**
* Replace the reset password link
* #TODO: Add security key?
*/
$encodedLink = array(
'email' => $email,
'user_name' => $username,
);
$encodedLink = base64_encode(urlencode(Zend_Json::encode($encodedLink)));
$link = $this->view->serverUrl() . $this->view->url(array('encoded_link' => $encodedLink), 'core_user_emailactivate');
$content = str_replace('%activate_link%', $link, $content);
/**
* Get mail transport instance
*/
$transport = Mail_Services_Mailer::getMailTransport();
$mail = new Zend_Mail();
$mail->setFrom($template->from_mail, $template->from_name)
->addTo($user->email, $user->user_name)
->setSubject($subject)
->setBodyHtml($content)
->send($transport);
if ($id > 0) {
$this->_helper->getHelper('FlashMessenger')
->addMessage($this->view->translator('user_join_success'));
$this->_redirect($this->view->serverUrl() . $this->view->url(array(), 'core_user_contribjoin'));
}
}
}

Answer 1

I have found the error. I somehow did not put the variable encoded_link into the .ini file for that module under routes.