How can I listen to the dispatch event of a specific controller? At the moment I do the following:
Module.php
public function onBootstrap(EventInterface $event) {
$application = $event->getApplication();
$eventManager = $application->getEventManager();
$serviceManager = $application->getServiceManager();
$eventManager->attach($serviceManager->get('MyListener'));
}
MyListener.php
class MyListener extends AbstractListenerAggregate {
public function attach(EventManagerInterface $eventManager) {
$this->listeners[] = $eventManager->attach(
MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH, function($event) {
$this->setLayout($event);
}, 100
);
}
public function setLayout(EventInterface $event) {
$event->getViewModel()->setTemplate('mylayout');
}
}
This sets the layout for all controller dispatches. Now I want to set the layout only if the application dispatches a specific controller.
Like all Modules have an onBootstrap() method, all controllers extending AbstractController have an onDispatch() method.
Considering you want to apply a different layout for a single specific controller, you can simply do the following:
<?php
namespace MyModule\Controller;
use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; // Or AbstractRestfulController or your own
use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel; // Or JsonModel or your own
use Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent;
class MyController extends AbstractActionController
{
public function onDispatch(MvcEvent $e)
{
$this -> layout('my-layout'); // The layout name has been declared somewhere in your config
return parent::onDispatch($e); // Get back to the usual dispatch process
}
// ... Your actions
}
You may do this for every controller that has a special layout. For those who don't, well, you don't have to write anything.
If you often need to change your layout (e.g. you have to handle not a single controller but several), you can attach an MvcEvent in your module.php to get your layout setting code in one place.
To keep things simple, I'm not using a custom listener here, but you may use one as well.
<?php
namespace MyModule;
use Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent;
class Module
{
public function onBootstrap(MvcEvent $e)
{
$eventManager = $e -> getApplication() -> getEventManager();
$eventManager -> attach(
MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH,
// Add dispatch error event only if you want to change your layout in your error views. A few lines more are required in that case.
// MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH | MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH_ERROR
array($this, 'onDispatch'), // Callback defined as onDispatch() method on $this object
100 // Note that you don't have to set this parameter if you're managing layouts only
);
}
public function onDispatch(MvcEvent $e)
{
$routeMatch = $e -> getRouteMatch();
$routeParams = $routeMatch -> getParams();
switch ($routeParams['__CONTROLLER__']) {
// You may use $routeParams['controller'] if you need to check the Fully Qualified Class Name of your controller
case 'MyController':
$e -> getViewModel() -> setTemplate('my-first-layout');
break;
case 'OtherController':
$e -> getViewModel() -> setTemplate('my-other-layout');
break;
default:
// Ignore
break;
}
}
// Your other module methods...
}
You have to attach your event listener to the SharedEventManager and listen MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH of the "Zend\Stdlib\DispatchableInterface" interface.
See an example:
$eventManager->getSharedManager()
->attach(
'Zend\Stdlib\DispatchableInterface',
MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH,
$serviceManager->get('MyListener')
);
Within your listener you can get the instance of the target controller like so $controller = $event->getTarget();
So, eventually, the method "setLayout" may look like this:
public function setLayout(MvcEvent $event)
{
$controller = $event->getTarget();
if ($controller instanceof MyController)
{
$event->getViewModel()->setTemplate('mycontroller-layout');
}
}