zend-frameworkzend-aclzend-controller-plugin

Whats the way to use Zend_Acl in View to show/hide parts of view


I am wondering whats the way to use Zend_Acl to show/hide parts of view? I am thinking I will

  1. Create a Controller Plugin that passes the logged in user + acl to view

     $this->view->loggedInUser = Zend_Auth::getIdentity();
     $this->view->acl = Zend_Registry::get('acl');
    
  2. Then in view scripts do something like

    $this->acl->isAllowed($this->view->loggedInUser, 'resource', 'privilege');
    

Or is there a better way? Or should I use a View Helper? That returns a boolean whether the logged in user is allowed?


Solution

  • You are using it in the view, so for me ViewHelper is correct place for that - I've done it once that way:

    class Zend_View_Helper_HasAccess extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
    {
        private $_acl;
        public function hasAccess($role, $controller, $action)
        {
            if (!$this->_acl) {
                $this->_acl = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->getPlugin('Acl'); 
                //In yout case registry, but front controller plugin is better way to implement ACL
            }
            return $this->_acl->isAllowed($role, $controller, $action);
        }
    }