Question

Is there a way to get the current view being rendered inside zend framework 2?

I believe this should be possible with the event system but I can’t seem to make it work.

The reason I want to get this information is so I can automatically include a .js file with the same name, this would save me time having to specify this rule each time i’m inside a action.

Many thanks,
Tom

Answer 1

I’m not quite sure what you mean by rendering the current view inside ZF2, but here’s how you can add a js file named after the action automatically. Just put this in your controller:

public function onDispatch(MvcEvent $mvcEvent)
{
    $renderer = $this->serviceLocator->get('Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer');
    $actionName = $mvcEvent->getRouteMatch()->getParam('action');
    $jsFile = $actionName . '.js';
    $baseUrl = $mvcEvent->getRouter()->getBaseUrl();
    $renderer->headScript()->appendFile($baseUrl . '/js/' . $jsFile);

    return parent::onDispatch($mvcEvent);
}

You may need to adjust the code for your js file location and name of course. The onDispatch method is called automatically before the action.