Matt
Worked fine thank you very much
Ian
> > I am trying to make sense of the Forward command.
> >
> > I am utilizing QuickForm in a join form
> >
> > The user fills in the form if it validates I want to forward to a
> validate
> > Action - just for separation.
> >
> > // Try to validate a form
> > if ($form->validate()) {
> >
> > // Email and store in DB
> > // Forward to the Verification controller
> > self::_forward('validate');
>
> First, Zend_Controller_Action::_forward() is not a static method.
> Second, make sure you understand its signature:
>
> protected function _forward($action, $controller = null, $module =
> null, array $params = array());
>
> It works like this:
>
> * If only an $action is provided, it forwards to that action in the
> current controller and module
> * If an $action and a $controller are provided, it forwards to that
> action and controller in the current module
> * If an $action, $controller, and $module are provided, it forwards
> to that action and controller in the provided module.
> * $params may be provided at any time (pass null to any unneeded
> parameter), and will be used to set parameters in the request
> object.
>
> >
> > } else {
> > $string = $form->toHtml();
> > }
> >
> > Now in my validate action I want to forward again to the second stage of
> the
> > form
> >
> > // Show second stage
> > public function validateAction()
> > {
> > // $post = Zend::registry('post');
> > // echo '<pre>'; print_r($post); echo '</pre>';
> > // echo '<pre>'; print_r($_POST); echo '</pre>';
> >
> > // Forward to the Verification controller
> > self::_forward('index', 'verification');
> > }
> >
> > Which involves verification
> >
> > However when I get here I have the output of all the previous pages.
> >
> > So my question is
> >
> > 1. How do I stop output from the action the script forwarded from. Is
> this
> > something to do with the Dispatch stuff - can I clear this before I
> forward
> > maybe?
>
> Use the response object's setBody() and appendBody() methods for
> displaying content. So, instead of:
>
> echo '<pre>', print_r($post, 1, '</pre>';
>
> You'd use:
>
> $this->_response->appendBody('<pre>' . print_r($post, 1) . '</pre>');
>
> // or
> $this->getResponse()->appendBody('<pre>' . print_r($post, 1) .
> '</pre>');
>
> Then, if you want a particular action to always overwrite any previous
> content, use setBody():
>
> $this->_response->setBody('Thanks for verifying your identity');
>
> You could also do this just before your call to _forward():
>
> $this->_response->setBody('');
> $this->_forward('index', 'verification');
>
> > 2. What performance penalty do I suffer for letting the script compile
> and
> > then I clean?
>
> Not much -- it's all being handled as PHP arrays; you're simply
> unsetting previous values.
>
> --
> Matthew Weier O'Phinney
> PHP Developer | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Zend - The PHP Company | http://www.zend.com/
