README

This Zend Framework View Helper extends the existing Zend_View_Helper_Navigation_Menu view helper to render dropdown menus compatible with the format required in Twitter Bootstrap. The automatic dropdown functionality requires adding various class, id, and data-toggle attributes, which Zend Framework's menu view helper doesn't natively support.

Instructions

To use this helper in your Zend Framework project, import the library/ZFBootstrap/View/Helper/Navigation/Menu.php file into your project's library directory. You can change the ZFBootstrap name if you want - I don't care. =).

Next, simply add the following line of code somewhere in your project (ideally in your Application Bootstrapping Code):

$view->registerHelper(new Menu(), 'menu');

This will replace Zend's Menu view helper with this customized one.

Note:

1. You'll need to use ZFBootstrap\View\Helper\Navigation\Menu; somewhere in that file, or new Menu() will fail.
2. $view is an instance of your view, and how you obtain it will depend on where you integrate this code. Consult the ZF documentation if you're not sure about how to get an instance of your view.

To activate a dropdown, just set the href of the dropdown trigger to #dropdownName. The new helper will automatically find any hrefs beginning with # set the dropdownName ID on the corresponding UL tag. To activate a divider, just set the href to "divider". To activate a navheader, just set the href to "navheader" ans set the text with the label attribute.

Demo

You can open the index.php file under the demo directory to see a sample.

Note: The demo assumes Zend Framework is in your PHP include path.

Requirements

• Zend Framework
• Twitter Bootstrap
• PHP 5.3

Questions / Comments?

Send me an e-mail. If my code helps you out in your project, I'd love to hear about it.

Bugs / Improvements

If you spot any bugs or have an idea for an improvement, please create an issue for it, or feel free to write the fix/improvement yourself and send a pull request. I'd appreciate if any contributions also included tests.