how to build query string in zend framework? - zend-framework

Question

I'm trying to build a query string as following:
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I want to add an array to query string. For example, array('find_loc'=>'New+York', 'find_name'=>'starbucks')
I expect to get url that looks like http://example.com/1/?find_loc=New+York&find_name=starbucks
What's the best way to do this? I found a similar question that suggested appending the string to the url. Is there a helper for query string?

Answer 1

Simple answer to your question is no.
Here is the class description:
/**
* Helper for making easy links and getting urls that depend on the routes and router
*
* #package Zend_View
* #subpackage Helper
* #copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
* #license http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
*/
Helper for making easy links and getting urls that depend on the routes and router
I think the description is clear in it's purpose. Use it for making URLs that depend on the routes and router. So, just append your query strings as recommend in the link you posted in your question.

Answer 2

The following should work for you:
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The ZF-Router will map the values to the Request object.
In your controller you can access these params with the Response-Object:
$loc = $this->getRequest()->getParam('find_loc');
$name = $this->getRequest()->getParam('find_name);

Answer 3

You can make custom helper:
class My_View_Helper_UrlHttpQuery extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
{
public function urlHttpQuery($query)
{
$urlHelper = $this->view->getHelper('url');
$params = func_get_args();
array_shift($params);//removing first argument
$url = call_user_func_array(($urlHelper, 'url'), $params);
if(!is_string($query)) { //allow raw query string
$query = array($query);
$query = http_build_query($query);
}
if(!empty($query) {
$url .= '?' . ltrim('?', $query);
}
return $url;
}
}
After you register this helper with view, you can use it like this Next Page

Answer 4

Working code
/**
* Class Wp_View_Helper_UrlHttpQuery
*/
class Wp_View_Helper_UrlHttpQuery extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
{
public function urlHttpQuery($query = array())
{
$urlHelper = $this->view->getHelper('url');
$params = func_get_args();
//removing first argument
array_shift($params);
$url = call_user_func_array(array($urlHelper, 'url'), $params);
if (is_array($query) || is_object($query)) {
$query = http_build_query($query);
}
if (!empty($query)) {
$url .= '?' . ltrim($query, '?');
}
return $url;
}
}
since the upstream code doesn't work