Call Helpers From Zend_Form - zend-framework

I try this codes, but not works:
$this->getView()->translate("Name"); //not work
$this->_view->translate("Name"); //not work
$this->view->translate("Name"); //not work

First of all, Zend_View is not injected into Zend_Form. So when you call $this->view or $this->_view it wont work, because there is nothing to return. Why getHelper() works? Because it fetches view via helper broker (and if your are using viewRenderer). Look below at the code:
// Zend/Form.php
public function getView()
{
if (null === $this->_view) {
require_once 'Zend/Controller/Action/HelperBroker.php';
$viewRenderer = Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::getStaticHelper('viewRenderer');
$this->setView($viewRenderer->view);
}
return $this->_view;
}
This is reason why $this->_view->translate() works if you call getView() before, because it's stored as protected property.
According to this, that code should work perfectly and works for me:
class My_Form extends Zend_Form
{
public function init()
{
echo $this->getView()->translate('name'); //fires 'translate' view helper and translating value
//below will also work, because you have view now in _view: getView() fetched it.
echo $this->_view->translate("another thing");
}
}
BTW. If your using translate helper to translate labels or names of fields, you don't have to. Will be enough, if you set translator object as a static property of Zend_Form, best in your bootstrap:
Zend_Form::setDefaultTranslator($translator);
And from that moment all fields names and labels will be translated automatically.

I don't no why, but when I add this function to my form, it work:
public function init() {
$this->getView();
}
this line works:
$this->_view->translate("Name");

View is not injected into Zend_Form (don't ask me why, when it's required for rendering). You have to extend Zend_Form and inject view inside yourself. Other option is using FrontController->getInstance() > getStaticHelper > viewRenderer and recieve view from it.

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ZF3: set terminal / render view without layout (Zend-Expressive)

I have installed the skelleton app from ZF3 'zend-expressive'. In the routing config I have configured a few routes. Some of these routes should return a response without the layout. In ZF2 I simply used the ViewModel on which you could call "setTerminal". But now the ViewModel is not directy available in the Action, as it is nested as private property of the ZendViewRenderer. I cannot figure out how I can set the terminal, so the output is rendered without layout.
I have tried various options in the routing configuration, such as adding keys 'terminal', 'terminate' and 'may_terminate' with value true. Also have tried to make a seperate Factory, but ended up with the same problem that I cannot reach the ViewModel.. It also did not work to make a seperate ViewModel in the Action, when I setTerminal on true, and pass the object as 2nd parameter in the 'render' method of the ZendViewRenderer object, it fails when passing 'renderModal' of the same object: "Cannot render; encountered a child marked terminal"..
There must be a simple configuration that I am overlooking, so my question is. Does anyone know how I can set the view on terminal?
Hope that I explained my problem well. Many thanks in advance.
My solution!
Yes! I found a "solution". Instead of pushing into terminal setting of the ViewModal, I have implemented a new layout called "layout/terminal". This layout only outputs the variable $content. Reference: https://github.com/zendframework/zend-expressive/issues/360
To use this layout you should add a new Factory into the configuration.
<?php
namespace Factory;
use Interop\Container\ContainerInterface;
use Zend\Expressive\Template\TemplateRendererInterface;
use Zend\ServiceManager\Factory\FactoryInterface;
use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel;
class RenderWithoutTemplate implements FactoryInterface
{
public function __invoke(ContainerInterface $container, $requestedName, array $options = null)
{
$template = $container->has(TemplateRendererInterface::class)
? $container->get(TemplateRendererInterface::class)
: null;
$r = new \ReflectionClass($template);
$view = new ViewModel();
$view->setTerminal(true); // Does not affect any render behaviour (?)
$view->setTemplate('layout/terminal');
$prop = $r->getProperty('layout');
$prop->setAccessible(true);
$prop->setValue($template, $view);
return $template;
}
}
public function indexAction(){
return $this->getResponse();
}

yii2 ActiveForm without begin form tag

I need to generate widgets\ActiveForm::field() without "form" tag at begin. I looked in source of yii\widgets\ActiveForm and found that this can not be avoided :(
public function init()
{
if (!isset($this->options['id'])) {
$this->options['id'] = $this->getId();
}
echo Html::beginForm($this->action, $this->method, $this->options);
}
Maybe there's another way to solve this problem without extending the 'ActiveForm' class?
ActiveField is basically just a wrapper for yii\helpers\Html::active... methods so you just can call echo yii\helpers\Html::activeTextInput($model, $attribute, $options); without using ActiveForm

How to disable some Zend View Helpers

I'm trying to make a way to disable some view helpers that are inside "application/views/helpers"...
What I really want is to put some options on the application.ini to enable or disable some Helpers.
Example on application.ini:
helpers.Helper1=on
helpers.Helper2=off
Now the problem is that when a Helper is off, I want to rewrite some functions of this helper in order to return a different result on the view. In this way, I don't need to change anything in the view script.
I thought in having 2 different php files for each helper, in different locations. One with the real helper and another with the changed helper (to work when it is off on the application.ini).
The problem is that I don't know how to tell the view which one it shoul load...
Does anyone know how it could be done?
FINAL CODE
Ok, after many tries, I put it to work with the following code:
Bootstrap
protected function _initConfigureHelpers(){
$this->bootstrap('view');
$view = $this->getResource('view');
$view->addHelperPath("./../library/ConfigHelpers","Configurable_Helper");
$viewRenderer = Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::getStaticHelper(
'ViewRenderer'
);
$viewRenderer->setView($view);
$front = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
$front->registerPlugin(new Application_Plugin_ViewPlugins());
return $view;
}
Application_Plugin_ViewPlugins
class Application_Plugin_ViewPlugins extends Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract
{
public function preDispatch(Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request){
$front=Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
$bootstrap=$front->getParam('bootstrap');
$options=$bootstrap->getOption("helpers");
if (is_array($options)){
$view = $bootstrap->getResource('view');
foreach($options as $option => $value){
$helper=$view->getHelper($option);
if ($helper){
if ($value=="off")
$helper->__disable();
else if ($value!="on")
throw new Exception('The value of helpers.'.$option.' must be "on" or "off" on application.ini.');
} else {
throw new Exception("Inexistent Helper");
}
}
}
}
}
Modified helper example
require_once APPLICATION_HELPERS."CssCrush.php";
class Configurable_Helper_CssCrush extends Zend_View_Helper_CssCrush {
protected $__config_enabled = true;
public function __disable(){
$this->__config_enabled = false;
return $this;
}
public function __enable(){
$this->__config_enabled = true;
return $this;
}
public function cssCrush(){
if ($this->__config_enabled){
return parent::cssCrush();
} else{
return new Modified_CssCrush();
}
}
}
class Modified_CssCrush {
public static function file ( $file, $options = null ) {
return $file;
}
}
APPLICATION_HELPERS is defined on /public/index.php as "../application/views/helpers/".
Now, when I want to add a configurable helper, I put the original helper on "/application/views/helpers/" and then, create a modified version of it on "/library/ConfigHelpers" with the structure of the example above.
What I think you want is Dependency Injection which is coming in zf2, but not available in zf1.
With some tinkering though you can get what you need.
Configuring helpers in the bootstrap
(assumes default project structure)
View helpers paths config : application/configs/application.ini:
resources.view.helperPath.Zf_View_Helper_ = "Zf/View/Helper"
A simple configurable helper, (allows disable/enable but you can obviously add any methods you need (use this as base class for helpers that need the behaviour)
class Zf_View_Helper_Configurable extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
{
protected $isEnabled = true;
public function configurable()
{
return $this;
}
public function disable()
{
$this->isEnabled = false;
return $this;
}
public function enable()
{
$this->isEnabled = true;
return $this;
}
public function __toString()
{
if ($this->isEnabled) {
return 'Configurable is enabled';
} else {
return 'Configurable is disabled';
}
}
}
And configure the helpers in the bootstrap:
public function _initConfigureHelpers()
{
$this->bootstrap('view');
$view = $this->getResource('view');
$configurableHelper = $view->configurable();
$configurableHelper->disable();
}
You can add options in the .ini file and grab them in the bootstrap initConfigureHelpers() method.
If you want this behaviour from any default zf helper, do what #Ratzo said and extend those helpers and add the required behaviour and then configure them in your bootstrap.
Please take a look at the following link Zend_View link
Below is an important points you should consider from the Zend docs.
Note: Default Helper Path
The default helper path always points to the Zend Framework view
helpers, i.e., 'Zend/View/Helper/'. Even if you call setHelperPath()
to overwrite the existing paths, this path will be set to ensure the
default helpers work.
This means that you can't really turn off the helpers, unless you want to go about extending the Zend_View object and overwrite the setHelperPath method. This is not the way to go though.
Here is probably what you want to do. First though, here is my assumption.
Assumption : You want to write your own view helper that slightly alters what the current view helpers do by changing a few methods here or there.
Here is what you should do to accomplish that.
First, write your view helper. Make sure the last part of the class name is the same as the view helper you want to 'overwrite'. You don't have to, but this makes sure the original helper can't be used anymore.
class My_View_Helper_BaseUrl extends Zend_View_Helper_BaseUrl
{
private $_enabled = true;
public function setEnabled( $bool ){ $this->_enabled = (boolean) $bool; }
public function baseUrl(){
if( $this->_enabled ){
return 'testUrl'; //other code
}
else return parent::baseUrl();
}
Now that you have that, do the following
$view->setHelperPath('/path/to/my/helpers', 'My_View_Helper'); //1
echo $view->baseUrl(); //2
Excellent. Now you've effectively shadowed the original BaseUrl helper.
The above code will make it so that the view scans your directory
for any helpers before scanning the default zend directory. When it gets to line
2 the view will find YOUR baseUrl helper first and use THAT instead of the
original baseUrl helper. In the above example it should echo
'testurl' instead of the normal baseUrl behavior.
You can make a custom helper that extends the original helper, for example
class My_Helper_Url extends Zend_View_Helper_Url
{}
and rewrite the methods as you need.

best practice on rendering several views based on same dynamic data

I would like to have some input on the following:
I would like some views to be systematically rendered (I can call $this->render from
my layout for these views) regardless of which controller/action is executed.
However the content used in these views is based on the same dynamically generated data and the code behind it is quite complex so I can't put the logic inside the views for obvious optimization/performance issues.
I could use $this->_helper->actionStack in each controller to call another controller in which data for the views would be prepared however I would like to do without modifying the existing controllers
I would be tempted to put something in the bootstrap since what I want is common to my application however I just don't know what to do.
That's what View Helpers are for.
In the View Helper you can fetch your data (through models or service layer) and prepare it for output.
<?php
class View_Helper_Foobar extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
{
protected $_data;
public function foobar()
{
if (null !== $this->_data) {
$this->_data = some_expensive_data_getter();
}
return $this;
}
public function __toString()
{
return $this->view->partial('foobar.phtml', array('data' => $this->_data));
}
}

ZEND Controllers -- How to call an action from a different controller

I want to display a page that has 2 forms. The top form is unique to this page, but the bottom form can already be rendered from a different controller. I'm using the following code to call the action of the other form but keep getting this error:
"Message: id is not specified"
#0 .../library/Zend/Controller/Router/Rewrite.php(441): Zend_Controller_Router_Route->assemble(Array, true, true)
My code:
First controller:
abc_Controller
public function someAction()
{
$this->_helper->actionStack('other','xyz');
}
Second controller:
xyz_Controller
public function otherAction()
{
// code
}
Desired results:
When calling /abc/some, i want to render the "some" content along with the xyz/other content. I think I followed the doc correctly (http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.controller.actionhelpers.html) but can't find any help on why that error occurs. When I trace the code (using XDebug), the xyz/other action completes ok but when the abc/some action reaches the end, the error is thrown somewhere during the dispatch or the routing.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
You can accomplish this in your phtml for your someAction. So in some.phtml put <?php echo $this->action('other','xyz');?> this will render the form found in the otherAction of XyzController
The urge to do something like this is an indication you're going about it in totally the wrong way. If you have the urge to re-use content, it should likely belong in the model. If it is truly controller code it should be encapsulated by an action controller plugin
In phtml file u can use the $this->action() ; to render the page and that response would be added to current response ..
The syntax for action is as follows::
public function action($action, $controller, $module = null, array $params = array())
You can create new object with second controller and call its method (but it`s not the best way).
You can extend your first controller with the second one and call $this->methodFromSecond(); - it will render second form too with its template.
BTW - what type of code you want to execute in both controllers ?
Just an update. The error had absolutely nothing to do with how the action was being called from the second controller. It turns out that in the layout of the second controller, there was a separate phtml call that was throwing the error (layout/abc.phtml):
<?php echo $this->render('userNavigation.phtml') ?>
line of error:
echo $this->navigation()->menu()->renderMenu(...)
I'll be debugging this separately as not to muddy this thread.
Thanks to Akeem and hsz for the prompt response. I learned from your responses.
To summarize, there were 3 different ways to call an action from an external controller:
Instantiate the second controller from the first controller and call the action.
Use $this->_helper->actionStack
In the phtml of the first controller, action('other','xyz');?> (as Akeem pointed out above)
Hope this helps other Zend noobs out there.
Hm I can't find and idea why you need to use diffrent Controlers for one view. Better practise is to have all in one Controller. I using this like in this example
DemoController extends My_Controller_Action() {
....
public function indexAction() {
$this->view->oForm = new Form_Registration();
}
}
My_Controller_Action extends Zend_Controller_Action() {
public function init() {
parent::init();
$this->setGeneralStuf();
}
public function setGeneralStuf() {
$this->view->oLoginForm = new Form_Login();
}
}
This kind of route definition:
routes.abc.route = "abc/buy/:id/*"
routes.abc.defaults.controller = "deal"
routes.abc.defaults.action = "buy"
routes.abc.reqs.id = "\d+"
requires a parameter in order to function. You can do this with actionStack but you can also specify a default id in case that none is provided:
$this->_helper->actionStack('Action',
'Controller',
'Route',
array('param' => 'value')
);
routes.abc.defaults.id = "1"
For Me this worked like a charm
class abcController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
public function dashBoardAction()
{
$this->_helper->actionStack('list-User-Data', 'xyz');
}
}
class XyzController extends Zend_Controller_Action {
public function listUserDataAction()
{
$data = array('red','green','blue','yellow');
return $data;
}
}