Following are the front controller in the Zend Framework :
routeStartup : This function is called before Zend_Controller_Front calls on the router to evaluate the request.
routeShutdown : This function is called after the router finishes routing the request.
preDispatch : It is called before the dispatcher dispatches an action.
dispatchLoopStartup : It is used before enters of Zend_Controller_Front.
postDispatch : It is called after the dispatcher dispatches an action.
