Change layout in the controller of Zend Framework 2.0

Question

I am learning ZF2.0 beta. In ZF1 we can change layout on the fly in controller:

Zend_Layout::getMvcInstance()->setLayout(\'layoutname\');         


        

Answer 1

The best way I've found to set templates in actions is like this

public function someAction() {
    $viewModel = new ViewModel();
    $viewModel->setTemplate('layout/custom');

    return $viewModel;
}

In your module.config.php make sure you've set your appropriate template_map path.

    'view_manager' => array(
    'template_map' => array(
        'layout/custom' => __DIR__ . '/../view/layout/custom.phtml'
    ),
),