Re: [fw-mvc] Widgetized content with Zend_Layout

Murphy,

If you want your auth controller to decide what response to send via indexAction() and rendering the appropiate view, then let indexAction() run the appropiate action without requiring _forward(). te executed action should render its own view:

controller auth() {    indexAction()    { 	// If user has identity    	if (userhasIdentity) {  		// Account action renders its own view 		$this->accountAction(); 		return;

        }  	// User has not login in yet, render guest view         $this->guestuserAction();     }

     accountAction()      {

        // render account details view

    }  

}

 Regards,  	Diego 

Murphy wrote:

Hi,

I have a hard time trying to find a solution for this scenario:

I have a controller called "auth" for displaying a small "account information box" if a user is logged in,
or a "login-box" or "lost password", when no user is authenticated.
This is supposed to be my widget for all things related to authentication and user information.
I don't want to couple it with the rest of the application, because i want to be able to request
this widgets output e.g. "/auth/account" via AJAX later on.

But for the usual http request I just want to integrate it into the layout rendered by Zend_Layout.
I tried it with a Front Controller Plugin and called in "postDispatch":

$this->getResponse()->insert('auth', $view->action('index','auth'));

Problem is: The action helper allows no _forward() when I have something like this in my
auth/indexAction

if(Zend_Auth::getInstance()->hasIdentity()) $this->_forward('account');

But this is exactly what I want - a single entry point to a widget, then forward as the widget
sees fit, regarding user authentication information or session variables and so on.

A View_helper is no option, because I can't directly access it's output via an AJAX call,
and I really want to encapsulate all the auth-related funcionality in a controller
(like having an action extracting vCard information and so on).

I just now there has to be a solution for this but I couldn't find it
after hours of googling. Maybe someone here can point me in the direction.

Thanks,
Murphy