Navigation in Zend Framework 1

#php

#zend

#zf

#zend framework

#zend framework 1

A simple example of Navigation in zend framework 1

Create a xml file in application/configs/

ex. application/configs/navigation.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configdata>
 <nav>
 <home>
 <label>Home</label>
 <controller>index</controller>
 <action>index</action>
 </home>

 <about>
 <label>About</label>
 <controller>index</controller>
 <action>about</action>
 </about>

 <contact>
 <label>Contact</label>
 <controller>index</controller>
 <action>contact</action>
 </contact>

 <settings>
 <label>Settings</label>
 <controller>index</controller>
 <action>settings</action>
 </settings>


 </nav>
</configdata>

Add this to application/Bootstrap.php


protected function _initNavigation()
{
 $this->bootstrap('layout');
 $layout = $this->getResource('layout');
 $view = $layout->getView();

 $config = new Zend_Config_Xml(APPLICATION_PATH . '/configs/navigation.xml', 'nav');

 $navigation = new Zend_Navigation( $config );
 $view->navigation( $navigation );
 }

Add this to a view script or a layout script, ex. application/layouts/myLayout.phtml


<nav class="myNav">

 <?php echo $this->navigation()->menu(); ?>

</nav>



// ->setUlClass('nav'); sets a custom CSS class for the navigation
<?php echo $this->navigation()->menu()->setUlClass('nav'); ?>