/**
* Render an action from a controller and render it's associated template
* @param string $expr
* @param array $attributes
* @param array $options
* @return string
*/
public function renderAction($expr, $attributes, $options)
{
$application = Module::getApplication();
//parse the name of the controller, action and template directory that should be used
if (strpos($expr, '/') > 0) {
$params = explode('/', $expr);
$controllerName = $params[0];
$actionName = $params[1];
$templateDir = $controllerName . '/';
} else {
$params = explode(':', $expr);
$moduleName = $params[0];
$controllerName = $params[1];
$actionName = $params[2];
$actionName = lcfirst($actionName);
$actionName = strtolower(preg_replace('/([A-Z])/', '-$1', $actionName));
$templateDir = lcfirst($moduleName) . '-' . lcfirst($controllerName) . '/';
$controllerName = $moduleName . '\\Controller\\' . $controllerName . 'Controller';
}
//instantiate the controller based on the given name
$controller = $application->getLocator()->get($controllerName);
//inject the locator
if ($controller instanceof LocatorAware) {
$controller->setLocator($application->getLocator());
}
//clone the MvcEvent and route and update them with the provided parameters
$event = $application->getMvcEvent();
$routeMatch = clone $event->getRouteMatch();
$event = clone $event;
foreach ($attributes as $key => $value) {
$routeMatch->setParam($key, $value);
}
$event->setRouteMatch($routeMatch);
//inject the new event into the controller
if ($controller instanceof InjectApplicationEventInterface) {
$controller->setEvent($event);
}
//test if the action exists in the controller and change it to not-found if missing
$method = ActionController::getMethodFromAction($actionName);
if (!method_exists($controller, $method)) {
$method = 'notFoundAction';
$actionName = 'not-found';
}
//call the method on the controller
$response = $controller->{$method}();
//if the result is an instance of the Response class return it
if ($response instanceof Response) {
return $response->getBody();
}
//if the response is an instance of ViewModel then render that one
if ($response instanceof ModelInterface) {
$viewModel = $response;
} elseif (is_array($response) || $response instanceof \ArrayAccess || $response instanceof \Traversable) {
$viewModel = new ViewModel($response);
$viewModel->setTemplate($templateDir . $actionName);
} else {
return '';
}
$viewModel->terminate();
$viewModel->setOption('has_parent', true);
$view = $application->getLocator()->get('Zend\\View\\View');
$output = $view->render($viewModel);
return $output;
}