ZF2 - Get controller name into layout/views

Question

I know with ZF1 you would retrieve the module/controller name using custom View Helpers that would get the singleton frontController object and get the name there.

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Answer 1

I wanted to access current module/controller/route name in navigation menu partial and there was no way but to implement custom view helper and access it, i came up with the following, i am posting it here.

params = $this->initialize();
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Initialize and extract parameters from current request.
     *
     * @access protected
     * @return $params array
     */
    protected function initialize()
    {
        $sm = $this->getView()->getHelperPluginManager()->getServiceLocator();
        $router = $sm->get('router');
        $request = $sm->get('request');
        $matchedRoute = $router->match($request);
        $params = $matchedRoute->getParams();
        /**
         * Controller are defined in two patterns.
         * 1. With Namespace
         * 2. Without Namespace.
         * Concatenate Namespace for controller without it.
         */
        $this->controllerName = !strpos($params['controller'], '\\') ?
            $params['__NAMESPACE__'].'\\'.$params['controller'] :
            $params['controller'];
        $this->actionName = $params['action'];
        /**
         * Extract Module name from current controller name.
         * First camel cased character are assumed to be module name.
         */
        $this->moduleName = substr($this->controllerName, 0, strpos($this->controllerName, '\\'));
        $this->routeName = $matchedRoute->getMatchedRouteName();
        return $params;
    }

    /**
     * Return module, controller, action or route name.
     *
     * @access public
     * @return $result string.
     */
    public function get($type)
    {
        $type = strtolower($type);
        $result = false;
        switch ($type) {
            case 'module':
                    $result = $this->moduleName;
                break;
            case 'controller':
                    $result = $this->controllerName;
                break;
            case 'action':
                    $result = $this->actionName;
                break;
            case 'route':
                    $result = $this->routeName;
                break;
        }
        return $result;
    }
}

In order to access the values in layout/view here is how i do it.

1. $this->currentRequest()->get('module');
2. $this->currentRequest()->get('controller');
3. $this->currentRequest()->get('action');
4. $this->currentRequest()->get('route');

Hope this helps someone.