Set default context in Zend framework to XML

Question

Hi there!

I'm using Zend framework, and most of the action controller that I have return XML response. In order to do this, I have to initialize context switching and provide URL suffix "?format=xml" to call each action.

Is there any way to make this default? So I don't have to add this suffix each URL?

Regards, Andree.

Answer 1

EXTRA EXTRA.. READ ALL ABOUT IT!

http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.controller.actionhelpers.html

Have a look at ContextSwitch and AjaxContext

(Edit) Suggest you use:

In some cases, you may want to force the context used; for instance, you may only want to allow the XML context if context switching is activated. You can do so by passing the context to initContext():

$contextSwitch->initContext('xml');

Answer 2

What about explicitly setting the parameter format in the init() method of your controller?

$this->getRequest()->setParam('format', 'xml');

... there has to be a not so lazy way of doing this, though ...