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Hi all,

In my application i have a Front Controller Plugin which is build to check wether the visitor has access to the requested page with use of Zend_Acl.

Now when the user is not allowed on a page i would like to throw an Exception (the best thing to do i figured).

Now the problem here is that my error page (Error Action in Error Controller) isnt being rendered properly.

It feels a little as if the layout starts to render...then the exception is thrown, then it starts to Render the entire error page (including the layout again).

Extra Info.
-Exceptions thrown in Controllers are working as intended.
-I have tried using PreDispatch() instead of dispatchLoopStartup, it had no effect

Here is the code that checks if the user is allowed somewhere and if not throw the exception

public function dispatchLoopStartup(Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request)    
    {
        $this->role = $this->getRole($request);
        $this->resource = strtolower($request->getControllerName() . '-'
                                     . $request->getActionName());     

          if(!$this->acl->isAllowed($this->role, $this->resource))
          {
              throw new Exception(My_Acl_Acl::NOT_ALLOWED, 404);
          }        
    }