One function for all Actions and Controllers

madmaxious · #1 (**permalink**) 04-18-2008, 10:09 AM

Hello,

Im sure this is a popular question so I appologise in advance. I can resolve it by creating my own class and then calling that statically in each action and this seems to work OK but I was wondering is there a way to incororate it within the framework.

This is the function I want to run.

PHP Code:


			
function getPages($section, $page)

{

          $db = Zend_Registry::get('db');

       

        try 

        {                                             

            $sql = "SELECT * FROM MainContent WHERE SectionName = '".$section."' AND SubSectionName = '".$page."'";

            $result = $db->fetchAll($sql);

            $this->view->result = $result;

        } 

        catch (Zend_Exception $e) 

        {    

            echo "Caught exception: " . get_class($e) . "<br>";    

            echo "Message: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";    

    }

}

Where do I need to put this and what do I need to extend (if anything) so it is availble for all actions and controllers. Also some advise on how to write and call the custom class and function would be appreciated.

Many thanks in advance.

Madmaxious

Elemental · #2 (**permalink**) 04-18-2008, 01:58 PM

You can create a new base controller class by extending Zend_Controller_Action. Put the new class file in your library under a folder named after your app.

MyApp/Controller/Action.php

PHP Code:


			
class MyApp_Controller_Action extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    function getPages($section, $page){ ... }
}

Then every controller you want to have access to this function extends your base controller instead of Zend's.

PHP Code:


			
class MyController extends MyApp_Controller_Action
{
    public function indexAction()
    {
        $this->getPages(...)
    }
}

madmaxious · #3 (**permalink**) 04-18-2008, 02:26 PM

Thanks for the excellent reply. I shall be trying this first thing Monday morning.

Regards

Madmaxious

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