Steven:
To get code completion do something like:
/**
* @var MyCustomHelper
*/
protected $myCustomHelper;
...
public function init() {
...
$this->myCustomHelper = $this->_helper->myCustomHelper;
...
}
using the @var notation will allow Eclipse to expand any reference.
- jake
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:23 AM, O'BRIEN, Steven X
<[email protected]> wrote:
> This might sound trivial but an advantage of using base controllers is that
> you get code completion using eclipse or zend studio.
>
> Do you get code completion when using action helpers?
>
> For example it would be great if you could go $this->_helper->[List of all
> available helpers]
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marko Korhonen [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 19 February 2009 20:27
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [fw-general] Base Controller convienience methods
>
>
>
> Ok, done.
>
> Now I have converted most of the methods in my base controllers as action
> helpers, plugins or just moved them to views.
>
> I have the final challenge:
>
> I declare "blocks" to my sidebar with my new action helper "Block".
>
> Example, $this->_helper->block($block, "left_sidebar", 0); // renders $block
> object to left sidebar as first block
>
> BUT. I want to add some blocks in every module/controller/action or in every
> action/somecontroller.
>
> Before I added these helper calls to my base controller but now I don't have
> base controllers.
>
> So, next I tried plugins. Well, I can't access current controller.
> Ok, I could use action helpers. BUT, then I need to add these helper calls
> to every controller...
>
> I was thinking about following:
>
> Somekind of Hook system.
> -should go through $frontController->getModuleDirectory() to get every
> module
> -should check if some file exists in the moduledir
> -if file exits, it should be loaded, and if the class "Module_Hook" exists,
> it should make new Module_Hook();
> -Now it gets tricky...
> -where to add event calls ? Hook:someEvent($args);
> -Can this Hook class have access to needed resources, for example action
> helpers
>
> what, where, why o why!!
>
> br, Marko (drinking beer)
>
>
>
> Matthew Weier O'Phinney-3 wrote:
>>
>> -- Marko Korhonen <[email protected]> wrote
>> (on Monday, 16 February 2009, 05:04 AM -0800):
>>> I'm pretty sure that others have done the same as me:
>>>
>>> Base Controllers like My_BaseController and used as follows:
>>> Module_SomeController extends MyLibrary_Controller_Base
>>>
>>> Well, if so, you probably have done some methods just to shorten things a
>>> bit.
>>>
>>> I'll share some of my "convienience" methods and I hope you got some
>>> ideas/feedback/bugs noticed and maybe some great convienience methods to
>>> share...
>>>
>>> I still would like to get Module Base Controller, but it does not
>>> autoload
>>> itself =(
>>> Module_SomeController extends Module_BaseController
>>
>> This is what action helpers were designed for -- to allow for common
>> functionality between action controllers, and also for distributing
>> functionality to use in different projects. If I may, I'd recommend
>> rewriting these as action helpers.
>>
>> One change I'm going to add before 1.8 is the addition of a
>> "getHelperBroker()" method to both the action controller and abstract
>> action helper (this latter will proxy to the action controller). This
>> will allow your action helpers to have access to other action helpers
>> trivially. For example:
>>
>> $this->getHelperBroker()->json($data);
>>
>> This should help with re-use, and further eliminate reasons for "base"
>> controllers in your projects.
>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> // output json without rendering any layouts/templates
>>> protected function json($data)
>>> {
>>> $this->_helper->json($data);
>>> }
>>>
>>> // Is the current action frontpage
>>> protected function isFrontpage()
>>> {
>>> $front = $this->getFrontController();
>>>
>>> return (boolean) $this->_module == $front->getDefaultModule() &&
>>> $this->_controller == $front->getDefaultControllerName() &&
>>> $this->_action
>>> == $front->getDefaultAction();
>>> }
>>>
>>> // Disable layout and/or viewRenderer
>>> protected function disableUI($layout = true, $viewRenderer = true)
>>> {
>>> if ($layout) $this->_helper->layout->disableLayout();
>>>
>>> if ($viewRenderer) $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender();
>>> }
>>>
>>> // Set layout
>>> protected function setLayout($layout)
>>> {
>>> $this->_helper->layout->setLayout($layout);
>>> }
>>>
>>> // Set template
>>> protected function setTemplate($template)
>>> {
>>> $this->_helper->viewRenderer($template);
>>> }
>>>
>>> // Change the response segment (default is being $this->layout()->content
>>> protected function setResponseSegment($segment)
>>> {
>>> $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setResponseSegment($segment);
>>> }
>>>
>>> // Set page title
>>> public function setTitle($title)
>>> {
>>> $this->view->headTitle($this->view->page_title);
>>> }
>>>
>>> // Get Url by default route
>>> public function url($module, $controller, $action, array $urlOptions =
>>> array(), $reset = false, $encode = true)
>>> {
>>> $urlOptions["module"] = $module;
>>> $urlOptions["controller"] = $controller;
>>> $urlOptions["action"] = $action;
>>>
>>> return $this->view->url($urlOptions, "default", $reset, $encode);
>>> }
>>>
>>> // Get Url by named route
>>> public function urlByName($name, array $urlOptions = array(), $reset =
>>> false, $encode = true)
>>> {
>>> return $this->view->url($urlOptions, $name, $reset, $encode);
>>> }
>>> --
>>> View this message in context:
>>> http://www.nabble.com/Base-Controller-convienience-methods-tp22036897p22036897.html
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>>>
>>
>> --
>> Matthew Weier O'Phinney
>> Software Architect | [email protected]
>> Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/
>>
>>
>
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