Thank you that helped. Dumping the result from $this->getEventManager()->getIdentifiers() in a controller gave me the identifiers I was looking for.
2013/10/1 Richard Jennings <[email protected]> > ^ to trigger the event like $this->getEventManager()->trigger('myEvent'); > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Richard Jennings > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Event Manager you are triggering the event on, say in a specific > > controller, has an array of Identifier properties. > > > > These Identifiers would ordinarily be set in > > Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractController::setEventManager for a > > controller. > > $events->setIdentifiers(array( > > 'Zend\Stdlib\DispatchableInterface', > > __CLASS__, > > get_class($this), > > $this->eventIdentifier, > > substr(get_class($this), 0, strpos(get_class($this), '\\')) > > )); > > > > The class of the controller has been added as an Identifier to the > > Controllers Event Manager. (EventManagerAwareInterface on > > AbstractController causes Event Manager to be set by an initializer). > > > > The Shared Event Manager allows attaching an event that can only be > > triggered by Event Managers with a correct Identifier. From above, > > this can include inheritance ('Zend\Stdlib\DispatchableInterface') but > > we can use the controllers class to be more specific. > > > > Attach the event to a specific Identifier (the controller) > > $eventManager->attach('My\Controller\Class', 'myEvent', function($e) { > > die("it worked!");}); > > > > so now with an event attached, in your controller you should be able > > to trigger the event like $this->eventManager->trigger('myEvent'); > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Björn Rylander <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have no problem attaching an event to a wildcard context and > triggering > >> it from a controller. But how do I set the correct context? If I want > to be > >> able to trigger an event only from a specific controller, which is the > >> identifier I should pass as the context variable? I may be reading the > docs > >> wrong, but they haven't been any help. If you have an example I would > >> appreciate it. > >> > >> With regards. > >> > >> Björn >
