## class My_Plugin_Initialize extends Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract { public function initModules() { $this->logger->info(__METHOD__); Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->addModuleDirectory($this->config->modulesPath); $actionstack = Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::getStaticHelper('ActionStack'); $modules = $this->config->module->toArray(); //reverse it in order to achieve the same stack pop order as in .ini $moduleOrder = array_reverse(explode(' ',$this->config->moduleOrder)); $this->logger->info($modules); foreach($moduleOrder as $module) { $settings = $modules[$module]; if($settings['active'] && $settings['navbar']) { $this->logger->warn('module navpane: ' . $module); $actionstack->actionToStack('navpane','index',$module /*, $this->getRequest()->getParams()/**/ ); } } /** * It can be done here, or in My_Controller_Action::preDispatch() * If done here, it is impossible not to have the default action triggered. * If done there, you can ensure you get an /default/index/index only if a * My_Controller_Action is instanced, which should provide a greater * flexibility later, That's why it's commented out [!]. */ $actionstack->actionToStack('index','index','default'); Zend_Registry::set('my_action_controller',array()); return $this; } ## the base class for actions

<?php require_once 'Zend/Controller/Action.php'; class My_Controller_Action extends Zend_Controller_Action { protected $_isDirectCall = FALSE;//module/controller/action only if it has not already been done protected $_isStartAction = FALSE;//is the /default/index/index action /* * array containing three keys, each in the format 0 => module 1 => controller 2 => action * 'default' : what the front controller returns as "default homepage" * 'this' : this very object/request * 'url' : what is actually in the url */ private $_mvcs = NULL; public function preDispatch() { $logger = Zend_Registry::get('logger'); $mvc = $this->getMVCs(); $logger->info('BEGIN PREdispatching for action /' . implode('/',$mvc['this'])); $mvcs = $this->getMVCs(); if($mvcs['default'] === $mvcs['this']) {//startpage $this->_isStartAction = TRUE; $logger->info('IS DEFAULT'); } if($mvcs['this'] === $mvcs['url']) {//direct call $this->_isDirectCall = TRUE; $logger->info('IS DIRECT'); } $this->view->MVCs = $this->_mvcs; $this->view->isDirectCall = $this->_isDirectCall; $this->view->isDefaultAction = $this->_isStartAction; parent::preDispatch(); } public function postDispatch() { $logger = Zend_Registry::get('logger'); $mvc = $this->getMVCs(); $logger->info($mvc); $logger->info('END POSTdispatching for action /' . implode('/',$mvc['this'])); parent::postDispatch(); $this->_isDirectCall = FALSE; $this->_isStartAction = FALSE; } public function getMVCs() { $fc = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance(); //$this->getFrontController(); if(!$this->_mvcs) { $this->_mvcs = array(); $this->_mvcs['default'] = array($fc->getDefaultModule(), $fc->getDefaultControllerName(), $fc->getDefaultAction()); // usually /default/index/index $t = $this->getRequest()->getParams(); $this->_mvcs['url'] = array($t['module'],$t['controller'],$t['action']);//this is what you see in the URL } $t = $fc->getRequest(); $this->_mvcs['this'] = array($t->getModuleName(),$t->getControllerName(),$t->getActionName());//the module/controller/action of this very object return $this->_mvcs; } } ## action view scripts

<?php $this->placeholder('default_ui_navPane')->captureStart(); echo $this->accordionPane('assessments_navpane_navpane','automatically generated assessments pane', array('title' => 'Assessments')); $this->placeholder('default_ui_navPane')->captureEnd();

<div id="assessments_navpane_navpane" title="Assessments" dojoType="dijit.layout.AccordionPane">automatically generated forum pane</div> <div id="wiki_navpane_navpane" title="Wikis" dojoType="dijit.layout.AccordionPane">automatically generated wiki pane</div>

<div id="forum_navpane_navpane" title="Forums" dojoType="dijit.layout.AccordionPane">automatically generated forum pane</div> <div id="forum_navpane_navpane" title="Forums" dojoType="dijit.layout.AccordionPane">automatically generated wiki pane</div>