Comments on: Where to set up your view? http://akrabat.com/php/where-to-set-up-your-view/ Developing PHP software in the Real World, by Rob Allen Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:06:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Daniel http://akrabat.com/php/where-to-set-up-your-view/#comment-19896 Daniel Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:19:18 +0000 http://akrabat.com/2007/12/09/where-to-set-up-your-view/#comment-19896 I had problems using $request->getBaseUrl() when linking to CSS or image files. Instead I found it to be safer to use $request->getBasePath() to make sure a trailing 'index.php' get's dropped in all circumstances. When using getBaseUrl() I sometimes ended up with '/foo/index.php/main.css'. This would happen if the index.php would be called directly. When using getBasePath() I would always get '/foo/'. I had problems using $request->getBaseUrl() when linking to CSS or image files.
Instead I found it to be safer to use $request->getBasePath() to make sure a trailing 'index.php' get's dropped in all circumstances.

When using getBaseUrl() I sometimes ended up with '/foo/index.php/main.css'. This would happen if the index.php would be called directly.

When using getBasePath() I would always get '/foo/'.

]]> By: Rob... http://akrabat.com/php/where-to-set-up-your-view/#comment-19586 Rob... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:04:38 +0000 http://akrabat.com/2007/12/09/where-to-set-up-your-view/#comment-19586 Amr, To be honest, I don't think it really matters if you use a plugin or a parent controller class. The best thing about action helpers is that you can limit the helper to doing one thing only, whereas if you have a parent, then it will end up doing lots of little things. Regards, Rob... Amr,

To be honest, I don't think it really matters if you use a plugin or a parent controller class.

The best thing about action helpers is that you can limit the helper to doing one thing only, whereas if you have a parent, then it will end up doing lots of little things.

Regards,

Rob...

]]> By: Amr Mostafa http://akrabat.com/php/where-to-set-up-your-view/#comment-19585 Amr Mostafa Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:17:00 +0000 http://akrabat.com/2007/12/09/where-to-set-up-your-view/#comment-19585 Many thanks for sharing your plan, this kind of tips and information are very much needed to clear some of the newbies confusion out there (pointing to self). The way I was doing it is by creating an extended Zend_Controller_Action calling it e.g. BaseController, then all Action Controllers would inherit from it. This way I can do any initialization I'd like in BaseController's init(). I'm not sure which approach would be better. But Plugin is certainly more re-usable. Any other pros / cons? Many thanks for sharing your plan, this kind of tips and information are very much needed to clear some of the newbies confusion out there (pointing to self).

The way I was doing it is by creating an extended Zend_Controller_Action calling it e.g. BaseController, then all Action Controllers would inherit from it. This way I can do any initialization I'd like in BaseController's init().

I'm not sure which approach would be better. But Plugin is certainly more re-usable. Any other pros / cons?

]]> By: Eric http://akrabat.com/php/where-to-set-up-your-view/#comment-18905 Eric Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:08:35 +0000 http://akrabat.com/2007/12/09/where-to-set-up-your-view/#comment-18905 Guess I need to refactor my method... I setup the view for the most part during boot strap... the menu's are added to the layout using a controller plugin, and the minor stuff like links I use a helper for... something along the lines of link('module/controller/action') ?> Guess I need to refactor my method...

I setup the view for the most part during boot strap... the menu's are added to the layout using a controller plugin, and the minor stuff like links I use a helper for... something along the lines of link('module/controller/action') ?>

]]> By: Rob... http://akrabat.com/php/where-to-set-up-your-view/#comment-18831 Rob... Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:38:52 +0000 http://akrabat.com/2007/12/09/where-to-set-up-your-view/#comment-18831 Kaloyan, It's nothing clever :) We just put all the js, img and css files into a 'theme' subfolder with www/. At the moment we have two: 'default' for the front end and 'admin' for the administration system. It's mainly intended as an organisational thing so we don't get confused as to which CSS files go with which background images. Regards, Rob... Kaloyan,

It's nothing clever :) We just put all the js, img and css files into a 'theme' subfolder with www/. At the moment we have two: 'default' for the front end and 'admin' for the administration system.

It's mainly intended as an organisational thing so we don't get confused as to which CSS files go with which background images.

Regards,

Rob...

]]> By: Erik http://akrabat.com/php/where-to-set-up-your-view/#comment-18822 Erik Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:23:17 +0000 http://akrabat.com/2007/12/09/where-to-set-up-your-view/#comment-18822 I've personally been setting most of my view in the bootstrap. Now I think I'm going to switch to your plugin method, it looks much nicer. The view helper method seems like it would take a lot of extra work for each variable. (and possibly a lot of overhead too) Erik I've personally been setting most of my view in the bootstrap. Now I think I'm going to switch to your plugin method, it looks much nicer. The view helper method seems like it would take a lot of extra work for each variable. (and possibly a lot of overhead too)

Erik

]]> By: Kaloyan K. Tsvetkov http://akrabat.com/php/where-to-set-up-your-view/#comment-18818 Kaloyan K. Tsvetkov Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:36:28 +0000 http://akrabat.com/2007/12/09/where-to-set-up-your-view/#comment-18818 <pre class="phpcode"><span style="color: #0000BB">$viewRenderer</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">view</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">theme </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$request</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getParam</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'theme'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'default'</span><span style="color: #007700">);</span> </span></code></pre> Hi, can you explain how this "theme" thing works ? Thanks $viewRenderer->view->theme = $request->getParam('theme', 'default');

Hi, can you explain how this "theme" thing works ? Thanks

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