Adding Custom View Helper In Zend Framework 2

Here is example implementation of a custom view helper script.

Step 1.

Creating Zend Framework 2 Helper.

//file : App_folder/module/Module_name/src/Module_name/View/Helper/SayHello.php

namespace Application\View\Helper;
use Zend\View\Helper\AbstractHelper;

class SayHello extends AbstractHelper{

	public function __invoke($name = 'Unnamed'){
		return "$name , this is Zend Framework 2 View Helper";
	}
}

Step 2.

Registering the Zend Framework 2 Helper.

//file : App_folder/module/Module_name/Module.php

 public function getViewHelperConfig()
    {
        return array(
            'factories' => array(
                // the array key is the name of the invoke function that is called from view
                'sayHello' => function($name) {
                    return new SayHello($name);
                },
            ),
        );
    }

Step 3.

Using in Zend Framework 2 View.

//file : App_folder/module/Module_name/view/Module_name/index/index.phtml

 echo $this->sayHello('Ivan Gospodinow');

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