ZF2 - Dynamic ViewHelper - php

Question

I want to create a view helper which should return some HTML like that:
<div class="panel panel-default">
<div class="panel-body">
:: Here is my content ::
</div>
</div>
The plan is to call it like the following, where the parameter should be a key in my config, which defines a view helper class to generate the content of my panel:
<?php
echo $this->panel('test');
$config = [
'view_helpers' => [
'factories' => [
'Panel' => 'Application\View\Helper\Factory\PanelFactory',
'Test' => 'Application\View\Helper\Factory\TestFactory'
]
],
'panels' => [
'test' => 'Test'
]
];
?>
So I could load every content of a custom view helper into a panel, but I would have to inject the view helper manager in my panel view helper to load the wanted view helper from my config. Would that be correct or is there a better solution?

Answer 1

Maybe you should have a look at ZF2 partials. If I am not mistaken the partial view helper seems to be doing what you want.
You define a template (panel.phtml):
<div class="panel panel-default">
<div class="panel-body">
<?php echo $this->content ?>
</div>
</div>
In the view where you want to output your panel partial:
$this->partial('panel.phtml', array(
'content' => 'Whatever content you prefer (can also be another partial)'
);
You can register your partials like you would register any other view inside your template map in the view helper config:
'view_manager' => array(
'template_map' => array(
'layout/layout' => __DIR__ . '/../view/layout/layout.phtml',
'header' => __DIR__ . '/../view/layout/header.phtml',
'footer' => __DIR__ . '/../view/layout/footer.phtml',
'error/404' => __DIR__ . '/../view/error/404.phtml',
'error/index' => __DIR__ . '/../view/error/index.phtml',
'panel' => __DIR__ . '/../view/partial/panel.phtml',
'test' => __DIR__ . '/../view/partial/test.phtml',
)
)
Seems an easy solution to what you want to achieve.
Or do you have other demands?