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Which event is best for accomplishing my goal?

I am implementing a demo project using Phalcon and jQuery PJAX.

Currently, I am using the beforeExecuteRoute on a base controller to disable the layouts on an ajax response, allowing just the view to be returned. So I am checking if the request is an ajax/pjax response, and if it is, I am disabling the layouts.

I want to disable the layouts at the last minute before the view begins being processed, to allow individual controllers to override the fact that it is pjax and force a hard refresh.

What event would be the best option for updating this before the view is sent? afterDispatch? afterDispatchLoop? I am unsure of the difference between those two. Maybe afterExecuteRoute?

I would appreciate any guidance and I'm happy to clarify if needed.

Thank you



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Use the Events Manager to process things in the beforeRender event of the view.

https://docs.phalcon.io/en/latest/reference/views.html#view-events



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edited Nov '14

Use the Events Manager to process things in the beforeRender event of the view.

https://docs.phalcon.io/en/latest/reference/views.html#view-events

Events manager ended up working pretty well.

However, I was shown a better way for this specific scenario in this post.

Turns out afterExecuteRoute is a good choice for executing code before the view is rendered and it's a bit cleaner for something as simple as what I was trying to accomplish.

Thanks!