Question

I want to execute some code right before the layout is rendered, after all other code is executed. Where would I put that code?

I am specifically trying to modify the files referenced in the headLink, headScript, and inlineScript view helpers before they’re used by the layout.

Here are the steps I want to take:

1. Loop over the files in those view helpers
2. Make a list of the local files
3. Remove local files from the view helpers
4. Reference the local file list as a parameter to a server script that combines them for a single HTTP request
5. Add that new combine script reference to the appropriate view helper

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It doesn’t appear that a Front Controller Plugin is going to help me accomplish this, and here’s why:

1. postDispatch() gets executed after every controller action that’s executed, and I need the full list of stylesheets/javascripts
2. dispatchLoopShutdown() gets executed after the controller action loop, but the layout has already been rendered at this point

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As Rufinus suggested, I solved this by extending the View Helpers. My question from that angle as well as the solution is here.

Answer 1

see Orginal PDF created by Thorsten Ruf
(Mirror)

the very last part you can access via plugin should be dispatchLoopShutdown

EDIT:
For ZendFramework2 see http://zendframework2.de/en/cheat-sheet.html
or this gdoc