Setting up Zend Layout from Bootstrap

Question

I want to define the which Layout the Zend_Layout should use from Bootstrap class. How to do this?

Like from the controller you can do something like

$this->_helper->_layout = "somelayout";

I want to change the layout from the bootstrap class.

Would you be able to explain why you want to do it in bootstrap? It doesnt seem the right place.. perhaps you're trying to solve the wrong problem. — Duncan_m, May 13 '11 at 05:12
@Duncan_m, I am trying to create different layout for a single website, which can be changed dynamically. So I need this. I can do it from a controller but then i would hvae to specify it in every controller, rather its better if i initialize in bootstrapper — mrN, May 14 '11 at 08:24

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 12 '11 at 13:13

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You could do it as follows:

public function _initLayout() {
    $layout = $this->bootstrap('layout')->getResource('layout');
    $layout->setLayout('somelayout');
}

edited May 12 '11 at 13:13

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answered May 12 '11 at 12:12

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+1 Provided, of course, that you had either initiated the layout in `application.ini` or with some `_initLayout()` method. ;-) – David Weinraub May 12 '11 at 12:43
Yes I have initiated the layout at the application.ini also, but the code above is giving a blank page. and somelayout.phtml does exists in the layout's script folder, which is the default layout path set in application.ini – mrN May 12 '11 at 14:08
@Marcin, @Alexander, do you know how to fix the blank page i am receiving. – mrN May 13 '11 at 06:25
@Marcin, No. I just get a blank page. If I create a empty mehod with `_iniLayout()` name. It will give the view script only without the layout part. – mrN May 13 '11 at 06:35
@Marcin, I found out it was in production mode. It is sending errors. `Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Exception' with message 'Circular resource dependency detected'` – mrN May 13 '11 at 08:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 12 '11 at 21:47

You can look further into it on these pages :

http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.layout.quickstart.html

http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.layout.options.html

The second one is more helpful, but make sure that you read "Using Zend_Layout with the Zend Framework MVC" in the first page.

If you want to start the layout strictly from the bootstrap you can do the following.


public function _initMyLayout()
{
     $options = array(
    'layout'     => 'somelayout',
    'layoutPath' => '/path/to/layouts',
    'contentKey' => 'CONTENT'
     };


     $layout = Zend_Layout::startMvc($options);

     return $layout;

}

The above would be equivalent to you specifying a default script and path in your .ini file.

Setting up Zend Layout from Bootstrap

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