Using Custom Controller to extend module controller in Zend Framework 2

Question

It appears that in Zend Framework 2, every controller seems to extend the AbstractActionController by default.

I was thinking if there's a way for all my controllers to extend a CustomController that in turn extends the AbstractActionController.

The purpose of this CustomController, is to do checks like whether a user is authorized to access my other controllers or not and also may be generate menu navigation.

Is this still a good idea and if so, will doing this work?

**IndexController.php**

class IndexController extends CustomController {

}

**CustomController.php** 

class CustomController extends AbstractActionController {

}

Thanks,

Ujjwal Ojha · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-20 21:47:28Z

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Of course you can extend a base class and it will work.

Is it a good idea ? It really depends on your project. For authentication and permission check, you could also use a module like ZfcRbac or BjyAuthorize

For navigation, there is spiffy-navigation

If you use php 5.4+, Traits can also be an alternative to inheritance

edited Feb 20, 2014 at 21:47

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