Adding parameters to URL in ZF2 - zend-framework2

Question

I am trying to construct url which looks like this:
abc.com/folder?user_id=1&category=v
Followed the suggestion given in this link:
How can you add query parameters in the ZF2 url view helper
Initially, it throws up this error
Query route deprecated as of ZF 2.1.4; use the "query" option of the HTTP router\'s assembling method instead
Following suggestion, I used similar to
$name = 'index/article';
$params = ['article_id' => $articleId];
$options = [
'query' => ['param' => 'value'],
];
$this->url($name, $params, $options);
Now, I am getting syntax error saying,
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /var/www/test/module/Dashboard/view/dashboard/dashboard/product.phtml on line 3
My module.config.php is configured like this:
'browse_test_case' => array(
'type' => 'Literal',
'options' => array(
'route' => '/browse-case[/:productId]',
'defaults' => array(
'controller' => 'Test\Controller\Browse',
'action' => 'browse-test-case',
),
),
'may_terminate' => true,
'child_routes' => array(
'query' => array(
'type' => 'Query',
),
),
),
Any Idea, please help!

Answer 1

Your url view helper call is wrong. First parameter is the name of a defined route, second parameter is an array with your route parameters. Your array syntax should also be correct. e.g.
array("param1" => "value1", "param2" => "value2")
In your example the correct url view helper call should be something like this:
$this->url('browse_test_case', array('productId' => '1'));
...in which "1" could be an database table row identifier, for example.
The Query child-route in your route definition, allows you to use also other url paramaters, than specified within the route. But each of these child-routes start with "/browse-case[/:productId]".
There you find the reference example of ZF2:
http://framework.zend.com/manual/2.3/en/modules/zend.view.helpers.url.html#zend-view-helpers-initial-url