I am new to zendframework . I am trying to implement two step view lay out:
Bootstrap.php(view/Bootstrap.php)
<?php
class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap
{
public function _initRoutes()
{
$options = array(
'layout' => 'layout',
'layoutPath' => '/layout/layout.phtml',);
$layout = Zend_Layout::startMvc($options);
}
}?>
layout.phtml(application/view/scripts/layout/layout.phtml)
<?php
include "header.php";
?>
// view contents goes here.
<?php
$this->layout()->content;
?>
// footer goes here.
<?php
include "footer.phtml";
?>
i am a absolute beginner step by step explanation is more appreciated .Thanks.
The easiest way to enable layouts is to run the Zend_Tool command from the command line zf enable layout, this will add the line
resources.layout.layoutPath = APPLICATION_PATH "/layouts/scripts/"
to your application.ini and build the directory for the layout and the default file layout.phtml.
Alternatively you can specify your layout path and default layout name with 2 lines in your application.ini file:
resources.layout.layoutPath = APPLICATION_PATH "/layouts" //path to layout
resources.layout.layout = master //name of layout without extension
other layout/view options may be set in your application.ini to be callled in your view:
;View Settings
;*************
resources.view[]=
resources.view.charset = "UTF-8"
resources.view.encoding = "UTF-8"
resources.view.doctype = "HTML5"
resources.view.language = "en"
resources.view.contentType = "text/html; charset=UTF-8"
then in your bootstrap.php you can call on these resources to initialize your view:
/**
* initialize the registry and asign application.ini to config namespace
*/
protected function _initRegistry() {
//make application.ini configuration available in registry
$config = new Zend_Config($this->getOptions());
Zend_Registry::set('config', $config);
}
/**
* initialize the view and return it
* @return \Zend_View
*/
protected function _initView() {
//Initialize view
$view = new Zend_View();
//add custom view helper path
$view->addHelperPath('/../library/Application/View/Helper');
//set doctype for default layout
$view->doctype(Zend_Registry::get('config')->resources->view->doctype);
//set default title
$view->headTitle('Our Home');
//set head meta data
$view->headMeta()->appendHttpEquiv('Content-Type', Zend_Registry::get(
'config')->resources->view->contentType);
//set css includes
$view->headLink()->setStylesheet('/css/normalize.css');
$view->headLink()->appendStylesheet('/css/blueprint/src/liquid.css');
$view->headLink()->appendStylesheet('/css/blueprint/src/typography.css');
$view->headLink()->appendStylesheet(
'/javascript/mediaelement/build/mediaelementplayer.css');
$view->headLink()->appendStylesheet('/css/main.css');
$view->headLink()->appendStylesheet('/css/nav.css');
$view->headLink()->appendStylesheet('/css/table.css');
//add javascript files
$view->headScript()->setFile('/javascript/mediaelement/build/jquery.js');
//add it to the view renderer
$viewRenderer = Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::getStaticHelper(
'ViewRenderer');
$viewRenderer->setView($view);
//Return it, so that it can be stored by the bootstrap
return $view;
}
I also included a convenience method _initRegistry() to make config options available everywhere with minimal code.
The layout in ZF is a simple html page with placeholder added for dynamic or configured options:
<?php
echo $this->doctype() . "\n"; //placeholder assigned in bootstrap $view->doctype
?>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<?php echo $this->headMeta() . "\n" //placeholder assigned in bootstrap ?>
<?php echo $this->headLink() . "\n" //placeholder assigned in bootstrap ?>
<?php echo $this->headscript(). "\n" //placeholder assigned in bootstrap?>
</head>
<body>
<section class="container">
<header class="block">
<hgroup id="header" class ="column span-24">
<h1>Our Page</h1>
</hgroup>
<nav>
<div id="nav" class="column span-24">
<?php echo $this->layout()->nav //custom placeholder ?>
</div>
</nav>
</header>
<section class="block">
<div id="main" class="column span-18 border">
<div id="flash">
<?php
//flash messenger display location
if (count($this->messages) > 0) {
printf("<h3 id='flash'>%s</h3>", $this->messages[0]);
}
?>
</div>
<?php echo $this->layout()->content; //placeholder for redering views ?>
</div>
<aside id="sidebar" class="column span-4 last">
<?php echo $this->layout()->search //custom placeholder ?>
<div id="subNav">
<?php echo $this->layout()->subNav //custom placeholder ?>
</div>
<div id="adminMenu">
<?php echo $this->layout()->adminMenu //custom placeholder ?>
</div>
</aside>
</section>
<footer class="block">
<div id="footer" class="column span-24">
<p>Created by <em>Your Name</em> with <a href="http://framework.zend.com/">Zend Framework. © </a></p>
</div>
</footer>
</section>
</body>
</html>
<?php echo $this->inlineScript() ?> //javascript includes at bottom of page
Hope this helps.
Well first off, youre initializing the layout in a method that would seem to be for your routing - probably a bad idea. Secondly if youre using the full stack with Zend_Application then you can use the provided Zend_Application_Resource_Layout and set all your options from configuration.
Additionally you dont want to use a raw include statement to pull in content you should use $this->render('thetemplate.phtml') from within your layout file. Check out the Zend_Layout Quickstart for more info on that.
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