how do I insert output from othermodules/controllers in a view

Question

I have a view and I want to display data that would be generated by othe modules and controllers on the page.

What is the best way to do this?

For example: If on a certain page I want to pull in the latest news from the news module.

Answer 1

There's a view helper called Action which allows you to call another controller's action (and display the markup generated).

I would add an action called latestNewsAction that renders a latest news panel/div/list and call that using the action view helper.