I want to execute some code right before the layout is rendered, after all other code is executed. Where would I put that code?
I am specifically trying to modify the files referenced in the headLink, headScript, and inlineScript view helpers before they're used by the layout.
Here are the steps I want to take:
- Loop over the files in those view helpers
- Make a list of the local files
- Remove local files from the view helpers
- Reference the local file list as a parameter to a server script that combines them for a single HTTP request
- Add that new combine script reference to the appropriate view helper
It doesn't appear that a Front Controller Plugin is going to help me accomplish this, and here's why:
postDispatch()
gets executed after every controller action that's executed, and I need the full list of stylesheets/javascriptsdispatchLoopShutdown()
gets executed after the controller action loop, but the layout has already been rendered at this point
As Rufinus suggested, I solved this by extending the View Helpers. My question from that angle as well as the solution is here.