How can i disable layout and view renderer in Zend Framework 2.x? I read documentation and can't get any answers looking in google i found answer to Zend 1.x and it's
$this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender(true);
$this->_helper->layout->disableLayout();
But it's not working any more in Zend Framework 2.x. I need to disable both view renderer and layout for Ajax requests.
Any help would be great.
Just use setTerminal(true)
in your controller to disable layout.
This behaviour documented here: Zend View Quick Start :: Dealing With Layouts
Example:
<?php
namespace YourApp\Controller;
use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel;
class FooController extends AbstractActionController
{
public function fooAction()
{
$viewModel = new ViewModel();
$viewModel->setVariables(array('key' => 'value'))
->setTerminal(true);
return $viewModel;
}
}
If you want to send JSON response instead of rendering a .phtml file, try to use JsonRenderer:
Add this line to the top of the class:
use Zend\View\Model\JsonModel;
and here an action example which returns JSON:
public function jsonAction()
{
$data = ['Foo' => 'Bar', 'Baz' => 'Test'];
return new JsonModel($data);
}
EDIT:
Don't forget to add ViewJsonStrategy
to your module.config.php
file to allow controllers to return JSON. Thanks @Remi!
'view_manager' => [
'strategies' => [
'ViewJsonStrategy'
],
],
You can add this to the end of your action:
return $this->getResponse();
Slightly more info on the above answer... I use this often when outputting different types of files dynamically: json, xml, pdf, etc... This is the example of outputting an XML file.
// In the controller
$r = $this->getResponse();
$r->setContent(file_get_contents($filePath)); //
$r->getHeaders()->addHeaders(
array('Content-Type'=>'application/xml; charset=utf-8'));
return $r;
The view is not rendered, and only the specified content and headers are sent.