Basic Zend post workflow issue - zend-framework

Question

I am new to this these technologies, so might not be asking to do this the easiest way, but: I want to create a form and ask for an ID value. Once submit is pressed, I want to take that ID, make an external XML call and then show the XML data. I am stuck on if I can do this in a single url:https://plesk.local:8443/modules/example/index.php/index/form. I would like to have both the form and the list data on the same page, so I can update the ID, press submit and see the new data...over and over...
I am trying to modify the basic "Example1" that Plesk includes. I can modify it and test it, but stuck on exactly how POST works. Ideally I want to have $this->view->form to have both a pm_Form_Simple and pm_View_List_Simple on the same $form view (if this makes sense).
So looking for help on
1) Can I use the same URL and handle the POST/GET from it
2) Can I have both a form and simple list on the same page?
thx!!!!!
Here is the sample controller:
<?php
class IndexController extends pm_Controller_Action
{
public function init()
{
parent::init();
// Init title for all actions
$this->view->pageTitle = 'Example Module';
// Init tabs for all actions
$this->view->tabs = array(
array(
'title' => 'Form',
'action' => 'form',
),
array(
'title' => 'List',
'action' => 'list',
),
);
}
public function indexAction()
{
// Default action will be formAction
$this->_forward('form');
}
public function formAction()
{
// Init form here
$form = new pm_Form_Simple();
$form->addElement('text', 'exampleText', array(
'label' => 'Example Text',
'value' => pm_Settings::get('exampleText'),
'required' => true,
'validators' => array(
array('NotEmpty', true),
),
));
$form->addControlButtons(array(
'cancelLink' => pm_Context::getModulesListUrl(),
));
if ($this->getRequest()->isPost() && $form->isValid($this->getRequest()->getPost())) {
// Form proccessing here
pm_Settings::set('exampleText', $form->getValue('exampleText'));
$this->_status->addMessage('info', 'Data was successfully saved.');
$this->_helper->json(array('redirect' => pm_Context::getBaseUrl()));
}
# NEW - start
if (0)
{
# I want to be back here after the POST
# Want to show the list here after I take the POST parameter and do an external XML call...
$list = $this->_getListRandom();
$this->view->list = $list;
}
# NEW - end
$this->view->form = $form;
}
public function listAction()
{
$list = $this->_getListRandom();
// List object for pm_View_Helper_RenderList
$this->view->list = $list;
}
public function listDataAction()
{
$list = $this->_getListRandom();
// Json data from pm_View_List_Simple
$this->_helper->json($list->fetchData());
}
private function _getListRandom()
{
$data = array();
#$iconPath = pm_Context::getBaseUrl() . 'images/icon_16.gif';
for ($i = 0; $i < 15; $i++) {
$data[] = array(
'column-1' => '' . (string)rand() . '',
'column-2' => (string)rand(),
);
}
$list = new pm_View_List_Simple($this->view, $this->_request);
$list->setData($data);
$list->setColumns(array(
'column-1' => array(
'title' => 'Random with link',
'noEscape' => true,
),
'column-2' => array(
'title' => 'Random with image',
'noEscape' => true,
),
));
// Take into account listDataAction corresponds to the URL /list-data/
$list->setDataUrl(array('action' => 'list-data'));
return $list;
}
}

Answer 1

Yes
Yes
I'm not expirienced in zend, so it just try, I suggest to replace formAction() with following code:
public function formAction()
{
// Init form here
$form = new pm_Form_Simple();
$form->addElement('text', 'exampleText', array(
'label' => 'Example Text',
'value' => pm_Settings::get('exampleText'),
'required' => true,
'validators' => array(
array('NotEmpty', true),
),
));
$form->addControlButtons(array(
'cancelLink' => pm_Context::getModulesListUrl(),
));
if ($this->getRequest()->isPost() && $form->isValid($this->getRequest()->getPost())) {
// Form proccessing here
pm_Settings::set('exampleText', $form->getValue('exampleText'));
$this->_status->addMessage('info', 'Data was successfully saved.');
$list = $this->_getListRandom();
$this->view->list = $list;
$this->view->form = $form;
// Redirects happens on next string, maybe you need to add something to getBaseUrl()
$this->_helper->json(array('redirect' => pm_Context::getBaseUrl()));
}
$this->view->form = $form;
}