这个例子改变了几个选项，包括设定重定向时使用的HTTP状态码为303，重定向时不默认退出，以及定义了默认的URL供重定向使用。

<?php
class SomeController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    /**
     * Redirector - defined for code completion
     *
     * @var Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_Redirector
     */
    protected $_redirector = null;

    public function init()
    {
        $this->_redirector = $this->_helper->getHelper('Redirector');

        // Set the default options for the redirector
        // Since the object is registered in the helper broker, these become
        // relevant for all actions from this point forward
        $this->_redirector->setCode('303')
                          ->setExit(false)
                          ->setGoto("this-action", "some-controller");
    }

    public function myAction()
    {
        /* do some stuff */

        // Redirect to a previously registered URL, and force an exit to occur
        // when done:
        $this->_redirector->redirectAndExit();
        return; // never reached
    }
}
            

这个例子假定使用默认设定，也就意味着任何重定向将导致立即退出。

<?php
// ALTERNATIVE EXAMPLE
class AlternativeController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    /**
     * Redirector - defined for code completion
     *
     * @var Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_Redirector
     */
    protected $_redirector = null;

    public function init()
    {
        $this->_redirector = $this->_helper->getHelper('Redirector');
    }

    public function myAction()
    {
        /* do some stuff */

        $this->_redirector->gotoUrl('/my-controller/my-action/param1/test/param2/test2');
        return; // never reached since default is to goto and exit
    }
}
            

goto()'s API 模拟了Zend_Controller_Action::_forward()。主要的不同在于它通过传入的参数构造URL，使用默认路由器的默认格式:module/:controller/:action/*。然后重定向而不是继续动作链循环。

<?php
class ForwardController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    /**
     * Redirector - defined for code completion
     *
     * @var Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_Redirector
     */
    protected $_redirector = null;

    public function init()
    {
        $this->_redirector = $this->_helper->getHelper('Redirector');
    }

    public function myAction()
    {
        /* do some stuff */

        // Redirect to 'my-action' of 'my-controller' in the current module,
        // using the params param1 => test and param2 => test2
        $this->_redirector->goto('my-action', 'my-controller', null, array('param1' => 'test', 'param2' => 'test2'));
    }
}
            

下面的例子使用了路由器的assemble()方法，基于传入参数的关联数组来创建URL。假定下面的路由已经注册:

<?php
$route = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route(
    'blog/:year/:month/:day/:id',
    array('controller' => 'archive', 'module' => 'blog', 'action' => 'view')
);
$router->addRoute('blogArchive', $route);
            

给定一个数组，其中年份为2006，月份为4，日期为24，id为42，据此可以组装URL/blog/2006/4/24/42。

<?php
class BlogAdminController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    /**
     * Redirector - defined for code completion
     *
     * @var Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_Redirector
     */
    protected $_redirector = null;

    public function init()
    {
        $this->_redirector = $this->_helper->getHelper('Redirector');
    }

    public function returnAction()
    {
        /* do some stuff */

        // Redirect to blog archive. Builds the following URL:
        // /blog/2006/4/24/42
        $this->_redirector->gotoRoute(
            array('year' => 2006, 'month' => 4, 'day' => 24, 'id' => 42),
            'blogArchive'
        );
    }
}
            

大多数基础使用中，只需在bootstrap中使用助手经纪人简单的初始化和注册ViewRenderer 助手，然后在动作方法中设置变量。

<?php
// In your bootstrap:
Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::getStaticHelper('viewRenderer');

...

<?php
// 'foo' module, 'bar' controller:
class Foo_BarController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    // Render bar/index.phtml by default; no action required
    public function indexAction()
    {
    }

    // Render bar/populate.phtml with variable 'foo' set to 'bar'.
    // Since view object defined at preDispatch(), it's already available.
    public function populateAction()
    {
        $this->view->foo = 'bar';
    }

    // Renders nothing as it forwards to another action; the new action
    // will perform any rendering
    public function bazAction()
    {
        $this->_forward('index');
    }

    // Renders nothing as it redirects to another location
    public function batAction()
    {
        $this->_redirect('/index');
    }
}
            

对于某些动作和控制器，可能希望关闭自动渲染——例如，如果想发送其他类型的输出（XML,JSON等），或者更简单的不想发送任何东西。有两个选项：关闭所有的自动渲染(setNeverRender())，或者仅仅关闭当前动作的自动渲染(setNoRender())。

<?php
// Baz controller class, bar module:
class Bar_BazController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    public function fooAction()
    {
        // Don't auto render this action
        $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender();
    }
}

// Bat controller class, bar module:
class Bar_BatController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    public function preDispatch()
    {
        // Never auto render this controller's actions
        $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender();
    }
}
            

有些情况下需要渲染另一个脚本而非以动作命名的脚本。例如，如果你有一个控制器包含增加和编辑两个动作，它们可能都显示相同的'form'视图，尽管拥有不同的值集合(value set)。只需要使用setScriptAction()或者setRender()简单的改变脚本的名称，或者以成员方法的形式调用助手，它将调用setRender()。

<?php
// Bar controller class, foo module:
class Foo_BarController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    public function addAction()
    {
        // Render 'bar/form.phtml' instead of 'bar/add.phtml'
        $this->_helper->viewRenderer('form');
    }

    public function editAction()
    {
        // Render 'bar/form.phtml' instead of 'bar/edit.phtml'
        $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setScriptAction('form');
    }

    public function processAction()
    {
        // do some validation...
        if (!$valid) {
            // Render 'bar/form.phtml' instead of 'bar/process.phtml'
            $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setRender('form');
            return;
        }

        // otherwise continue processing...
    }

}
            

如果需要修改视图对象怎么办——例如改变助手路径或者编码？可以在控制器中修改视图对象设定，或者从ViewRenderer中抓取视图对象；两种方式引用的是同一个对象。

<?php
// Bar controller class, foo module:
class Foo_BarController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    public function preDispatch()
    {
        // change view encoding
        $this->view->setEncoding('UTF-8');
    }

    public function bazAction()
    {
        // Get view object and set escape callback to 'htmlspecialchars'
        $view = $this->_helper->viewRenderer->view;
        $view->setEscape('htmlspecialchars');
    }
}
            

有些情况下，默认的路径规则可能并不适合站点的需要。比如，希望拥有一个单独的模板树供设计人员访问（例如，如果你使用Smarty，这是很典型的情形）。这种情况下，你可能想硬编码视图的基路径规则，为动作视图脚本路径自身创建一套规则。

假定视图的基路径(base path)为'/opt/vendor/templates',希望通过':moduleDir/:controller/:action.:suffix'引用视图脚本；如果设定了noController标志，想在顶级而不是在子目录中渲染(':action.:suffix')。最终希望使用'tpl'作为视图脚本文件的后缀。

<?php
/**
 * In your bootstrap:
 */

// Different view implementation
$view = new ZF_Smarty();

$viewRenderer = new Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ViewRenderer($view);
$viewRenderer->setViewBasePathSpec('/opt/vendor/templates')
             ->setViewScriptPathSpec(':module/:controller/:action.:suffix')
             ->setViewScriptPathNoControllerSpec(':action.:suffix')
             ->setViewSuffix('tpl');
Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::addHelper($viewRenderer);
            

有时可能需要在一个动作中渲染多个视图脚本。这个非常简单，多次调用render()就行了：

<?php
class SearchController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    public function resultsAction()
    {
        // Assume $this->model is the current model
        $this->view->results = $this->model->find($this->_getParam('query', '');

        // render() by default proxies to the ViewRenderer
        // Render first the search form and then the results
        $this->render('form');
        $this->render('results');
    }

    public function formAction()
    {
        // do nothing; ViewRenderer autorenders the view script
    }
}