Calling member function of other controller in zend framework?

Question

Is it possible to call the member function of another controller in zend framework, if yes then how?

Answer 1

Controllers aren't designed to be used in that way. If you want to execute an action of the other controller after your current controller, use the _forward() method:

// Invokes SecondController::otherActionAction() after the current action has been finished.
$this->_forward('other-action', 'second');

Note that this only works for action methods (“memberAction”), not arbitrary member functions!

If SecondController::memberFunction() does something that is needed across multiple controllers, put that code in a action helper or library class, so that both controllers can access the shared functionality without having to depend on each other.