I don't think this part fits in controllers at all. You should really do it in a listener during the `render` event (keep rendering stuff near all the rest of the rendering stuff).
The InjectTemplateListener is just an example of how to manipulate things, but in such a listener you could actually add any variables you'd need to render your header/footer (along with the header and footer viewmodels too if you want). You can manipulate a ViewModel by accessing it during the `render` event as in https://github.com/zendframework/zf2/blob/master/library/Zend/Mvc/View/Http/DefaultRenderingStrategy.php#L110-131 Marco Pivetta http://twitter.com/Ocramius http://marco-pivetta.com On 3 September 2012 12:38, Ralf Eggert <r.egg...@travello.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I am still struggling about the best ZF2 way to render a footer and a > sidebar within a layout. > > I found this example within Robs Test App: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > public function addAnotherViewModelToLayoutAction() > { > // Use an alternative layout > $layoutViewModel = $this->layout(); > $layoutViewModel->setTemplate('layout/another'); > > // add an additional layout to the root view model (layout) > $sidebar = new ViewModel(); > $sidebar->setTemplate('layout/footer_one'); > $layoutViewModel->addChild($sidebar, 'footer'); > > return new ViewModel(); > } > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Looks easy at first glance. But I don't want to repeat this code in > every action method I have. This should be done application wide. > Besides the rendering of such a footer or sidebar template I also want > to access my service class to grab some data and pass it to footer and > sidebar for output. > > Should I write my own listener for the 'render' event? > > Should I write a controller plugin that is processed automatically? > > Or should I write a view helper that is able to access my service class > for the data? > > Or is there another solution, maybe the best practice solution? > > Or should I use the InjectTemplateListener which Marco suggested to me a > couple of weeks ago? If yes, has someone an example for it? > > https://github.com/zendframework/zf2/blob/master/library/Zend/Mvc/View/Http/InjectTemplateListener.php > > Thanks for your ideas? > > Best regards, > > Ralf > > -- > List: fw-general@lists.zend.com > Info: http://framework.zend.com/archives > Unsubscribe: fw-general-unsubscr...@lists.zend.com > > >
