ZF2 Module based Layouts - php

Question

I'm trying to learn Zend Framework 2 and currently facing an issue.
I have created a module named "Admin" and have defined layout for Admin Module. Now problem is Application module is also loading Admin Module's layout. If I browse Admin or Application module, same layout is being loaded. I have tried multiple solutions by Googling but didn't get anyone working.
I have created Admin module by copying Application module dir and renaming it to Admin and changed "Application" to "Admin" in sub directories name and code files.

Answer 1

This is the visual presentation of Khalids post with one more addition in the config/application.config.php file
Step 1.
Step 2.
Copy Application Module to and rename to Admin
//config/application.config.php
'modules' => array(
'Application'
,'Test', // add this line
),
<?php
//Step 3.
//your Test/config/module.config.php should look like as follows
return array(
'router' => array(
'routes' => array(
/* 'home' => array(
'type' => 'Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Literal',
'options' => array(
'route' => '/',
'defaults' => array(
// 'controller' => 'StickyNotes\Controller\Album',
//'controller' => 'Application\Controller\Index',
'action' => 'index',
),
),
), */
// The following is a route to simplify getting started creating
// new controllers and actions without needing to create a new
// module. Simply drop new controllers in, and you can access them
// using the path /application/:controller/:action
'application' => array(
'type' => 'Literal',
'options' => array(
'route' => '/test',
'defaults' => array(
'__NAMESPACE__' => 'Test\Controller',
'controller' => 'Index',
'action' => 'index',
),
),
'may_terminate' => true,
'child_routes' => array(
'default' => array(
'type' => 'Segment',
'options' => array(
'route' => '/[:controller[/:action]]',
'constraints' => array(
'controller' => '[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*',
'action' => '[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*',
),
'defaults' => array(
),
),
),
),
),
),
),
'service_manager' => array(
'factories' => array(
'translator' => 'Zend\I18n\Translator\TranslatorServiceFactory',
),
),
'translator' => array(
'locale' => 'en_US',
'translation_file_patterns' => array(
array(
'type' => 'gettext',
'base_dir' => __DIR__ . '/../language',
'pattern' => '%s.mo',
),
),
),
'controllers' => array(
'invokables' => array(
'Test\Controller\Index' => 'Test\Controller\IndexController',
),
),
'view_manager' => array(
'display_not_found_reason' => true,
'display_exceptions' => true,
'doctype' => 'HTML5',
'not_found_template' => 'error/404',
'exception_template' => 'error/index',
'template_map' => array(
'layout/test' => __DIR__ . '/../view/layout/test.phtml',
'application/index/index' => __DIR__ . '/../view/test/index/index.phtml',
'error/404' => __DIR__ . '/../view/error/404.phtml',
'error/index' => __DIR__ . '/../view/error/index.phtml',
),
'template_path_stack' => array(
__DIR__ . '/../view',
),
),
);
Step 4.
and finally your Test/Module file should look as follows:->
namespace Test;
use Zend\Mvc\ModuleRouteListener;
use Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent;
class Module
{
public function onBootstrap(MvcEvent $e)
{
$e->getApplication()->getServiceManager()->get('translator');
$eventManager = $e->getApplication()->getEventManager();
$moduleRouteListener = new ModuleRouteListener();
$moduleRouteListener->attach($eventManager);
}
public function getConfig()
{
return include __DIR__ . '/config/module.config.php';
}
public function getAutoloaderConfig()
{
return array(
'Zend\Loader\StandardAutoloader' => array(
'namespaces' => array(
__NAMESPACE__ => __DIR__ . '/src/' . __NAMESPACE__,
),
),
);
}
}
and you will be ready to roll.

Answer 2

Well, at last I have found a solution.
Suppose you want to create a module named "Admin", here are the steps:
1- Copy Application Module Dir and rename it to "Admin". It is the name of your module.
2- Update all references in Admin Module that are initially pointing towards Application module. ( change "Application" to "Application" and "application" to "admin" )
3- In Admin/config/module.config.php remove "home" route.
4- Update your layout and views.
5- Test in your browser by using http://example.com/admin
That's it.
You don't need any external layout lib like "EdpModuleLayouts"
Cheers :)