Re: [fw-mvc] Using Action Helpers to disable the action dispatch

-- No Spam <nospamchicago@gmail.com> wrote
(on Saturday, 15 January 2011, 12:29 AM -0800):
> I'd like to bypass the action dispatch from within an Action Helper.
> I'm using a customized ContextSwitch action helper to switch the
> context of a request, and within a certain context, I don't need to
> execute the action. I simply need for the Action Helper to execute
> it's pre- and postDispatch functions (which set some view variables).
>
> I've attempted to do this via the Action Helper's preDispatch() method
> using $this->getRequest()->setDispatched(false).

Pass a boolean "true" value instead.

> However, it's not actually modifying the request within the Action
> Controller. I've tried modifying the request, then setting the Action
> Controller's request to the modified one. Still, no dice.
>
> How would I go about this?
>
> Thanks.
>

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