fix: Fix the filters are executed even when controller does not exist…

… with Auto Routing (Legacy).

system/CodeIgniter.php

@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ protected function handleRequest(?RouteCollectionInterface $routes, Cache $cache
 
         $uri = $this->determinePath();
 
-        if ($this->enableFilters) {
+        if ($this->enableFilters && $this->checkControllerNotFoundBeforeFilter()) {
             // Start up the filters
             $filters = Services::filters();
 
@@ -1131,4 +1131,22 @@ protected function outputBufferingEnd(): string
 
         return $buffer;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether the controller is not found before the before filter.
+     */
+    protected function checkControllerNotFoundBeforeFilter(): bool
+    {
+        // Check whether the controller type is Closure.
+        if (is_object($this->controller) && (get_class($this->controller) === 'Closure')) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        // Try to autoload the class
+        if (! class_exists($this->controller, true) || $this->method[0] === '_') {
+            throw PageNotFoundException::forControllerNotFound($this->controller, $this->method);
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
 }

tests/system/CodeIgniterTest.php

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use CodeIgniter\Config\Services;
 use CodeIgniter\Exceptions\ConfigException;
+use CodeIgniter\Exceptions\PageNotFoundException;
 use CodeIgniter\HTTP\Response;
 use CodeIgniter\Router\Exceptions\RedirectException;
 use CodeIgniter\Router\RouteCollection;
@@ -924,4 +925,24 @@ public static function providePageCacheWithCacheQueryString(): iterable
             '$cacheQueryString=array' => [['important_parameter'], 3, $testingUrls],
         ];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * See https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/issues/7205
+     */
+    public function testRunControllerNotFoundBeforeFilter(): void
+    {
+        $_SERVER['argv'] = ['index.php'];
+        $_SERVER['argc'] = 1;
+
+        $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = '/cannotFound';
+        $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] = '/index.php';
+
+        // Inject mock router.
+        $routes = Services::routes();
+        $routes->setAutoRoute(true);
+
+        $this->expectException(PageNotFoundException::class);
+
+        $this->codeigniter->run($routes);
+    }
 }