ZF2 set custom URL/route and view - zend-framework2

Question

I am using ZF2 as a component of another application.
I am looking for a way to set the URL and View Template of the application between an init() and a run() call. I would like a way to either modify the Request and Response objects, or regenerate them with a different URL.
I currently use ob_start() and ob_get_clean() and a view template that simply generates the_content, thus injecting the output of ZF2 inside a page of another application.
Any suggestions on methodology would be appreciated.

Answer 1

In Module.php you can attach event to event manager for exemple.
class Module
{
public function onBootstrap($e)
{
$eventManager = $e->getApplication()->getEventManager();
$serviceManager = $e->getApplication()->getServiceManager();
$eventManager->attach(MvcEvent::EVENT_ROUTE, function($e) use ($eventManager, $serviceManager){
// your code here
}, -1000);
}
}
Or your action in your controller can dispatch another action and get the result
in action method :
$return = $this->forward()->dispatch('controllerName', array('action' => 'actionName', 'param1' => 'value', ...));

Answer 2

The following code inside another application can be used to set the calling URL and View Template from outside of the application:
$bootstrap = \Zend\Mvc\Application::init( include( '/zf2/config/application.config.php' ) );
$event = $bootstrap->getMvcEvent( );
/* Modify the event with a custom request. */
$request = new \Zend\Http\Request( );
$request->setMethod( \Zend\Http\Request::METHOD_GET );
$request->setUri( $custom_url );
$event->setRequest( $request );
/* Modify the view. */
$event->getViewModel()->setTemplate('layout/custom-layout');
ob_start( );
$bootstrap->run( );
$html = ob_get_clean( );