Re: [fw-mvc] Dispatch problem - between action method call and view rendering

Sems that by moving my action helper to a higher priority (3) than
ViewRenderer (2) solved the problem...

Cristian
>
> I moved my action helper prior to ViewRendered helper (now my action
> helper has prooprity 2 and ViewRenderer has priority 3) but still the
> action view seems to be rendered prior to running my helper
> postDispatch method...
>
> Cristian
>> -- Cristian Bichis<cristi@imagis.ro> wrote
>> (on Monday, 12 July 2010, 12:30 PM +0300):
>>> I need to accomplish this: once an Action method is called (for all
>>> actions,
>>> from any module and controller; not just for one case) so i can run
>>> my own
>>> code, but BEFORE the action view is actually rendered.
>>>
>>> Sample of problem: I am trying to dynamically set the doctype for
>>> any action,
>>> based on the layout selected by each action. So the action view is also
>>> rendered with the same doctype as the layout!
>> Register an action helper that defines a postDispatch() hook... but make
>> sure it happens _before_ the ViewRenderer is registered with the helper
>> broker.
>>
>> As an example, using a resource method in your bootstrap:
>>
>> class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap
>> {
>> protected function _initMyhelper()
>> {
>> Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::addHelper(
>> new My_Helper_PostDispatchActions()
>> );
>> }
>> }
>>
>> If you move this to a resource plugin, just make sure your configuration
>> defines it _prior_ to the view plugin:
>>
>> resources.myhelper[] =
>> resources.view[] =
>>
>> This will ensure that your helper gets registered first. Since the
>> HelperBroker acts on helpers as a stack, i.e. FIFO, this will ensure
>> that it executes before the ViewRenderer (which is registered during the
>> view resource, or even later, curing dispatch() of the front
>> controller).
>>
>> Now, as to your action helper, it would look something like the
>> following:
>>
>> class My_Helper_PostDispatchActions
>> extends Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_Abstract
>> {
>> public function postDispatch()
>> {
>> $layout = Zend_Layout::getMvcInstance();
>> $layoutScript = $layout->getLayout();
>>
>> switch ($layoutScript) {
>> case '...':
>> // ...
>> break;
>> default:
>> break;
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>>> If checking for the current layout occurs on a controller plugin
>>> postDispatch
>>> the view is already rendered so only the layout would have been
>>> rendered with
>>> correct doctype, and the action view is rendered with the default
>>> doctype
>>> rather than with the doctype of selected layout... So i need to
>>> actually set
>>> the doctype between action method call and action view rendering...
>>>
>>> That's just a sample of problem. I couldn't accomplish this by using
>>> controller
>>> plugin postDispatch and also with a postDispatch of a registered
>>> helper (using
>>> Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::addHelper);
>>>
>>> Cristian
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