Re: [fw-general] How do I factor out tasks common to every action controller?

2008-10-16 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney 
-- Steven Szymczak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
(on Wednesday, 15 October 2008, 11:09 PM +0100):
 Every one of my action controllers has an init() function that pulls a  
 config object from the registry and uses it to set some paths used  
 throughout the site (e.g.):

 public function init() {
   $view_cfg = Zend_Registry::get('SITE_CFG');

   $this-view-__set('pubImages', $view_cfg-dirs-images);
   $this-view-__set('jsDir', $view_cfg-dirs-js);
   $this-view-__set('cssDir', $view_cfg-dirs-css);
 }

 How can factor out this functionality without resorting to a parent  
 class for all my action controllers?  I seem to recall a similar post to  
 the list, several months ago, that suggested utilizing a helper 
 somehow...

Create an action helper that implements functionality in preDispatch(),
and register it with the helper broker in your bootstrap. It might look
like this:

class My_CommonViewVariables extends Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_Abstract
{
public function preDispatch()
{
$view = $this-getActionController()-view;

$viewCfg = Zend_Registry::get('SITE_CFG')-dirs;

$view-assign(array(
'pubImages' = $viewCfg-images,
'jsDir' = $viewCfg-js,
'cssDir'= $viewCfg-css,
));
}
}

And then, in your bootstrap:

Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::addHelper(new My_CommonViewVariables);

BTW, don't call magic methods directly; it's a bad idea. Your original
example would have been better written using $this-view-cssDir =
$view_cfg-dirs-css;, or, if you really want to use method calls, the
assign() method (which takes either two arguments, like __set(), or an
array of key/value pairs, as in the helper I detail above).

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[fw-general] How do I factor out tasks common to every action controller?

2008-10-15 Thread Steven Szymczak 
Every one of my action controllers has an init() function that pulls a 
config object from the registry and uses it to set some paths used 
throughout the site (e.g.):


public function init() {
$view_cfg = Zend_Registry::get('SITE_CFG');

$this-view-__set('pubImages', $view_cfg-dirs-images);
$this-view-__set('jsDir', $view_cfg-dirs-js);
$this-view-__set('cssDir', $view_cfg-dirs-css);
}

How can factor out this functionality without resorting to a parent 
class for all my action controllers?  I seem to recall a similar post to 
the list, several months ago, that suggested utilizing a helper somehow...


Suggestions?

Re: [fw-general] How do I factor out tasks common to every action controller?

2008-10-15 Thread gerardroche 

you could do it in your bootstrap.




Steven Szymczak wrote:
 
 Every one of my action controllers has an init() function that pulls a 
 config object from the registry and uses it to set some paths used 
 throughout the site (e.g.):
 
 public function init() {
   $view_cfg = Zend_Registry::get('SITE_CFG');
 
   $this-view-__set('pubImages', $view_cfg-dirs-images);
   $this-view-__set('jsDir', $view_cfg-dirs-js);
   $this-view-__set('cssDir', $view_cfg-dirs-css);
 }
 
 How can factor out this functionality without resorting to a parent 
 class for all my action controllers?  I seem to recall a similar post to 
 the list, several months ago, that suggested utilizing a helper somehow...
 
 Suggestions?
 
 

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Re: [fw-general] How do I factor out tasks common to every action controller?

2008-10-15 Thread Tim Nagel 
I created my own controller, derived from Zend_Controller_Action, calling it
Tim_Controller_Action and all of my controllers derive from my controller.
(putting it in Library/Tim/Controller/Action.php)

Dont forget to call parent::init(); if you override the init in the real
controllers.

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:15, gerardroche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 you could do it in your bootstrap.




 Steven Szymczak wrote:
 
  Every one of my action controllers has an init() function that pulls a
  config object from the registry and uses it to set some paths used
  throughout the site (e.g.):
 
  public function init() {
$view_cfg = Zend_Registry::get('SITE_CFG');
 
$this-view-__set('pubImages', $view_cfg-dirs-images);
$this-view-__set('jsDir', $view_cfg-dirs-js);
$this-view-__set('cssDir', $view_cfg-dirs-css);
  }
 
  How can factor out this functionality without resorting to a parent
  class for all my action controllers?  I seem to recall a similar post to
  the list, several months ago, that suggested utilizing a helper
 somehow...
 
  Suggestions?
 
 

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Re: [fw-general] How do I factor out tasks common to every action controller?

2008-10-15 Thread Tim Nagel 
Sorry my mistake, I need to learn how to read better ;)

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:04, Tim Nagel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  I created my own controller, derived from Zend_Controller_Action, calling
 it Tim_Controller_Action and all of my controllers derive from my
 controller. (putting it in Library/Tim/Controller/Action.php)

 Dont forget to call parent::init(); if you override the init in the real
 controllers.

   On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:15, gerardroche [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:


 you could do it in your bootstrap.




 Steven Szymczak wrote:
 
  Every one of my action controllers has an init() function that pulls a
  config object from the registry and uses it to set some paths used
  throughout the site (e.g.):
 
  public function init() {
$view_cfg = Zend_Registry::get('SITE_CFG');
 
$this-view-__set('pubImages', $view_cfg-dirs-images);
$this-view-__set('jsDir', $view_cfg-dirs-js);
$this-view-__set('cssDir', $view_cfg-dirs-css);
  }
 
  How can factor out this functionality without resorting to a parent
  class for all my action controllers?  I seem to recall a similar post to
  the list, several months ago, that suggested utilizing a helper
 somehow...
 
  Suggestions?
 
 

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Re: [fw-general] How do I factor out tasks common to every action controller?

2008-10-15 Thread Matthew Ratzloff 
Out of curiosity, why the resistence to subclassing the action controller?

-Matt

On 10/15/08, Steven Szymczak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Every one of my action controllers has an init() function that pulls a
 config object from the registry and uses it to set some paths used
 throughout the site (e.g.):

 public function init() {
   $view_cfg = Zend_Registry::get('SITE_CFG');

   $this-view-__set('pubImages', $view_cfg-dirs-images);
   $this-view-__set('jsDir', $view_cfg-dirs-js);
   $this-view-__set('cssDir', $view_cfg-dirs-css);
 }

 How can factor out this functionality without resorting to a parent
 class for all my action controllers?  I seem to recall a similar post to
 the list, several months ago, that suggested utilizing a helper somehow...

 Suggestions?

Re: [fw-general] How do I factor out tasks common to every action controller?

2008-10-15 Thread Chris Martin 


Steven Szymczak wrote:
 
 Every one of my action controllers has an init() function that pulls a 
 config object from the registry and uses it to set some paths used 
 throughout the site (e.g.):
 
 public function init() {
   $view_cfg = Zend_Registry::get('SITE_CFG');
 
   $this-view-__set('pubImages', $view_cfg-dirs-images);
   $this-view-__set('jsDir', $view_cfg-dirs-js);
   $this-view-__set('cssDir', $view_cfg-dirs-css);
 }
 
 How can factor out this functionality without resorting to a parent 
 class for all my action controllers?  I seem to recall a similar post to 
 the list, several months ago, that suggested utilizing a helper somehow...
 
 Suggestions?
 
 

Another option would be to implement a Controller Plugin:
http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.controller.plugins.html

class App_Controller_Plugin_SiteConfig extends
Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract
{
protected $_view;

public function __construct(Zend_View_Abstract $view)
{
$this-_view = $view;
}

public function preDispatch(Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request)
{
$view_cfg = Zend_Registry::get('SITE_CFG');

$this-_view-__set('pubImages', $view_cfg-dirs-images);
$this-_view-__set('jsDir', $view_cfg-dirs-js);
$this-_view-__set('cssDir', $view_cfg-dirs-css);
}
}

Which gets added to your front controller in your bootstrap:

$frontController-registerPlugin(new
App_Controller_Plugin_SiteConfig($view));

The SITE_CFG values would be set before every action (preDispatch).

This is probably overkill for your need - you could just set your view
objects in your bootstrap directly as gerardroche suggests. I just wanted to
point it out, since it is handy for doing things at certain points in the
controller process lifetime (routeStartup, postDispatch, etc.), and is an
alternative to subclassing the action controller.
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