How to disable layout and view renderer in ZF2?

Question

How can i disable layout and view renderer in Zend Framework 2.x? I read documentation and can\'t get any answers looking in google i found answer to Zend 1.x and it\'s

Answer 1

Slightly more info on the above answer... I use this often when outputting different types of files dynamically: json, xml, pdf, etc... This is the example of outputting an XML file.

// In the controller
$r = $this->getResponse();

$r->setContent(file_get_contents($filePath)); //

$r->getHeaders()->addHeaders(
    array('Content-Type'=>'application/xml; charset=utf-8'));

return $r;

The view is not rendered, and only the specified content and headers are sent.