Question

If I call $this->url() from a view I get the url with parameters. Ex: /test/view/var1/value1

Is there any way to get the currect url/location without parameters (var1/value1) and without passing the urlOptions:

For example, if I use this it works:

$this->url(array(“controller”=>”test”, “action”=>”view”),null,true);
//Returns /test/view

But I would like to avoid passing the parameters

$this->url(array(),null,true);

Is there any way to do this?

Answer 1

This sounds like a job for a view helper. Something like this?

class Zend_View_Helper_Shorturl {

    public function shorturl() {
        $request = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->getRequest();
        $module = $request->getModuleName();
        $controller = $request->getControllerName();
        $action = $request->getActionName();
        return $this->view->url(array('module'=>$module, 'controller'=>$controller,'action'=>$action), null, true);
        //return "/$controller/$action"; //Left this in incase it works better for you.

    }
}  

Then you just write $this->shorturl(); in your view.

Just to be clear this would go in scripts/helpers/Shorturl.php

Edit:
In fact, I’ve just tried this and it works. I’d say this is the solution to use.

class Zend_View_Helper_Shorturl {

    public function shorturl() {
        return $this->view->url(array('module'=>$module, 'controller'=>$controller,'action'=>$action), null, true);
    }
}