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Difference Between LEVEL_NO_RENDER And $this->view->disable()

Steve Nov '15

Created Nov '15	Last Reply Nov '15	Replies 1	Views 429	Votes 0

Steve 929

Nov '15

I'm beginner with Phalcon and I'm currently trying to understand it. If I want to make a method for responing ajax request, what is the corrent way to disable the view rendering. Use:

$this->view->setRenderLevel(View::LEVEL_NO_RENDER ) or
$this->view->disable()

What is the diffrence between them? Thank you

Lajos Bencz
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edited Nov '15
Nov '15

Using View::disable will not trigger the view:afterRender event and should be a tidbit faster, it simply returns the raw output of the action: https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/blob/phalcon-v2.0.8/phalcon/mvc/view.zep#L759

Whereas View:::setRenderLevel(View::LEVEL_NO_RENDER) will still trigger the event and also perform addition checks: https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/blob/phalcon-v2.0.8/phalcon/mvc/view.zep#L845

The speed difference is neglectable though