Adding custom HTML to <head> tag in Zend Framework 2

Question

I'm trying to add some custom html tags to my head script in my layout via. the controller. My ultimate goal is to add the following inside my head tags:

<noscript><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5"></noscript>

I'm able to add the refresh meta tag itself using $headMeta->appendHttpEquiv(), but I have no idea how I can wrap that in the <noscript></noscript> tags. This only needs to be added to one page, but I don't want a separate layout file for this. I also want to use whatever methods and functions ZF2 have on offer (if any fit the bill). I've gone through the documented view helpers, but I can't find one that will help.

Any ideas?

Tim Fountain · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-27 13:07:41Z

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You should be able to do this with the placeholder helper.

In your layout:

<html>
    <head>
        <?=$this->placeholder('customHead')?>
     [etc.]

Then in the view for the the page you want it on:

$this->placeholder('customHead')->set('<noscript><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5"></noscript>');

change customHead to whatever name you want.

Edit: Yes, you can do this in a controller action instead:

public function someAction()
{
    $viewHelperManager = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('viewhelpermanager');
    $placeholder = $viewHelperManager->get('placeholder');
    $placeholder->getContainer('customHead')->set('<noscript><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5"></noscript>');
}

if it's something you need to do in more than one place you might wish to inject the placeholder helper into the controller as a dependency.

edited Jun 27, 2014 at 13:07

answered Jun 27, 2014 at 11:39

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dKen Over a year ago

Thanks Tim, works a charm. Marked as correct. Is there any way I can do this from the controller instead of the view though?

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