ZF2 "Unable to render template" Zend looks in wrong directory - php

Question

I've got a strange situation...
After the creation of the ZF2 SkeletonApplication I created an extra Module called Authentication with an AuthController and a LoginAction also in the view directory "authentication/auth" i placed a login.phtml.
When i run the app i get an error
Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer::render: Unable to render template "authentication/auth/login"; resolver could not resolve to a file
The strange thing is that when I place the complete folder "authentication/auth/login.phtml" in the Standard Application Module View Folder it finds it.
So Zend is looking in the wrong directory.
This is my module.config.php (Authentication Module).
return array(
'router' => array(
'routes' => array(
'authentication' => array(
'type' => 'Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Literal',
'options' => array(
'route' => '/authentication/login',
'defaults' => array(
'controller' => 'Authentication\Controller\Auth',
'action' => 'login',
),
),
),
),
),
'controllers' => array(
'invokables' => array(
'Authentication\Controller\Auth' => 'Authentication\Controller\AuthController',
),
),
'viewmanager' => array(
'template_path_stack' => array(
'authentication' => __DIR__ . '/../view',
),
)
);
This is the AuthController
namespace Authentication\Controller;
use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController;
use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel;
class AuthController extends AbstractActionController
{
public function loginAction()
{
return new ViewModel();
}
}
I hope someone can point me in the right direction.

Answer 1

The complete path cannot be resolved by zf2. The viewManager is using your template pathStack to find the relative view. In your example, the viewManager is looking for this file :
DIR . '/../view/authentication/auth/login.phtml
In other way, you can add to your viewManager a templateMap like this :
'view_manager' => array(
'template_map' => array(
'authentication/auth/login' => __DIR__ . '/../view/where/you/want.phtml',
)
);

Answer 2

change your config:
'template_path_stack' => array(
'authentication' => __DIR__ . '/../view',
),
I am guessing you are a level too far back..
If you config is here:
Authentication/config/module.config.php
then you only want to go back a single level, then into your view directory. Your code would take you back a level higher, into the modules directory.