Zend Framework 2 Custom elements using ServiceManager not work - zend-framework2

I want create a custom element and use the short name for add the element into Form, using the new ServiceManager tecnique for ZF2 V.2.1+
I am try to copy the same sample of the zend documentation step to step but it not works.
When I use the service writting the short name, it raises a exception because service not found:
Zend\ServiceManager\Exception\ServiceNotFoundException
File:
Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager.php:456
Message:
Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager::get was unable to fetch or create an instance for Test
I think I have all classes identically, see follows
This is my custom element:
namespace SecureDraw\Form\Element;
use Zend\Form\Element\Text;
class ProvaElement extends Text {
protected $hola;
public function hola(){
return 'hola';
}
}
This is my Module.php I have my invokable service be able to use short name:
class Module implements FormElementProviderInterface {
//Rest of class
public function getFormElementConfig() {
return array(
'invokables' => array(
'Test' => 'SecureDraw\Form\Element\ProvaElement'
)
);
}
}
In my form I use for add the element, the commented line works ok, but with short name not works:
$this->add(array(
'name' => 'prova',
//'type' => 'SecureDraw\Form\Element\ProvaElement',
'type' => 'Test', //Fail
));
In my action:
$formManager = $this->serviceLocator->get('FormElementManager');
$form = $formManager->get('SecureDraw\Form\UserForm');
$prova = $form->get('prova');
echo $prova->hola();

The problem is that the elements created via FormElementManager have to be created into init method instead __Construct method how it can see in this page.
The zend documentation is badly explained

Workaround:
In your own module, create the following two files:
FormElementManagerConfig with the invokables short names of your custom form elements;
Subclass Form\Factory and override getFormElementManager and pass the config to the FormElementManager constructor;
You then use your own Factory to create your Form, like this (you can pass a very rudimentary, e.g. empty array, or a more or less full-fledged $spec to $factory->createForm()):
$factory = new Factory();
$spec = array();
$form = $factory->createForm($spec);
FormElementManagerConfig.php:
class FormElementManagerConfig implements ConfigInterface
{
protected $invokables = array(
'anything' => 'MyModule\Form\Element\Anything',
);
public function configureServiceManager(ServiceManager $serviceManager)
{
foreach ($this->invokables as $name => $service) {
$serviceManager->setInvokableClass($name, $service);
}
}
}
MyFactory.php:
class Factory extends \Zend\Form\Factory
{
public function getFormElementManager()
{
if ($this->formElementManager === null) {
$this->setFormElementManager(new FormElementManager(new FormElementManagerConfig()));
}
return $this->formElementManager;
}
}

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ZF2 service manager use from a custom class

It looks like it has been touched several times already, but i still can't get it work. I set up an JSON-RPC server in a separate module, it works fine. Its functionality is in a new class Rpcapi. Now I want reuse DB related functions that already implemented in another module from that class. According to ZF2 docs my Rpcapi class has to be ServiceLocator-aware and it looks like I made it that way. Unfortunatelly still can't get it working. Please help keeping in mind that I'm new with ZF2 :)
Rpccontroller.php
namespace Rpc\Controller;
use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController;
use Zend\Json\Server\Server;
use Zend\Json\Server\Smd;
use Rpc\Model\Rpcapi;
class RpcController extends AbstractActionController
{
public function indexAction()
{
header('Content-Type: application/json');
$jsonrpc = new Server();
$jsonrpc->setClass(new Rpcapi);
$jsonrpc->getRequest()->setVersion(Server::VERSION_2);
if ($this->getRequest()->getMethod() == "GET") {
$smd = $jsonrpc->getServiceMap()->setEnvelope(Smd::ENV_JSONRPC_2);
echo $smd;
} else {
$jsonrpc->handle();
}
}
}
module.config.php for Rpc module
'service_manager' => array(
'invokables' => array(
'rpcapi' => 'Search\Model\SiteTable',
),
),
Rpcapi.php
namespace Rpc\Model;
use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorAwareInterface;
use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface;
class Rpcapi implements ServiceLocatorAwareInterface
{
protected $services;
protected $siteTable;
public function setServiceLocator(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator)
{
$this->services = $serviceLocator;
}
public function getServiceLocator()
{
return $this->services;
}
public function getSiteTable()
{
if (!$this->siteTable) {
$sm = $this->getServiceLocator();
$this->siteTable = $sm->get('rpcapi');
}
return $this->siteTable;
}
/**
* Returns list of all sites
*
*
* #return array
*/
public function getAllSites()
{
$results = $this->getSiteTable()->fetchAll();
$r = array ('1' => '1', '2' => 2); //Just to return something for now
return $r;
}
}
All I could get out is: Fatal error: Call to a member function get() on a non-object in /var/www/html/AmeriFluxZF2/module/Rpc/src/Rpc/Model/Rpcapi.php on line 28. Line 28 is:
$this->siteTable = $sm->get('rpcapi');
Any help is much appreciated!
Making the class service locator aware tells the ZF2 that the service locator should be injected into your class upon instantiation. However, you still need to use the service locator to instantiate this class, rather than creating an instance of it yourself, or this will never happen.
Your probably want to add a new entry to invokables for your Rpcapi class, and then grab this from the service locator instead of doing new Rpcapi in your controller.
PS: The naming of your classes is very confusing - you have an Rpcapi class, and an invokable called rpcapi, yet this invokable creates an instance of a completely different class?
If you want serviceLocator to be injected by the service manager in your Rpcapi, you must get it via the service manager itself :
'service_manager' => array(
'invokables' => array(
'rpcapi' => 'Search\Model\SiteTable',
'Rpc\Model\Rpcapi' => 'Rpc\Model\Rpcapi',
),
),
the action :
public function indexAction()
{
header('Content-Type: application/json');
$jsonrpc = new Server();
$jsonrpc->setClass($this->getServiceLocator()->get('Rpc\Model\Rpcapi'));
$jsonrpc->getRequest()->setVersion(Server::VERSION_2);
if ($this->getRequest()->getMethod() == "GET") {
$smd = $jsonrpc->getServiceMap()->setEnvelope(Smd::ENV_JSONRPC_2);
echo $smd;
} else {
$jsonrpc->handle();
}
}
And this is where you can see that your 'rcpai' name for SiteTable is not a good choice... ;)

How to use translate helper in controllers in zend framework 2

Is there any possible way to translate strings in controllers instead of view?
Right now, in my controllers, if I pass strings like :
public function indexAction() {
return array('message' => 'example message');
}
It will be translated in index.phtml
<?php print $this->translate($message);?>
It works well, but poeditor unable to find strings from controller files
Guess it would be cool if I can use something like :
public function indexAction() {
return array('message' => $view->translate('example message'));
}
in controllers
Thanks in advance for help
To use view helper in controller, you can use 'getServiceLocator'
$helper = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('ViewHelperManager')->get('helperName');
Either you can use php getText function ___('my custom message') and add "_" as sources keyword in poedit (in catalog properties) so poedit will filter strings from controller. eg:
array('message' => _('my custom message'));
And as per your code, you can use helper directly like this
$translate = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('ViewHelperManager')->get('translate');
array('message' => $translate('my custom message'));
You should not use the view's plugin manager to get to the translator helper. Grab the translator like I have explained here already.
A copy/paste of that post:
Translation is done via a Translator. The translator is an object and injected for example in a view helper, so if you call that view helper, it uses the translator to translate your strings. For this answer I assume you have configured the translator just the same as the skeleton application.
The best way is to use the factory to inject this as a dependency into your controller. The controller config:
'controllers' => array(
'factories' => array(
'my-controller' => function($sm) {
$translator = $sm->getServiceLocator()->get('translator');
$controller = new MyModule\Controller\FooController($translator);
}
)
)
And the controller itself:
namespace MyModule;
use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController;
use Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator;
class FooController extends AbstractActionController
{
protected $translator;
public function __construct(Translator $translator)
{
$this->translator = $translator;
}
}
An alternative is to pull the translator from the service manager in your action, but this is less flexible, less testable and harder to maintain:
public function fooAction()
{
$translator = $this->getServiceManager()->get('translator');
}
In both cases you can use $translator->translate('foo bar baz') to translate your strings.
I use for that purpose a simple plugin. Then in controller you can do $this->translate('example message');
class Translate extends AbstractPlugin {
private $translator;
public function __construct(PluginManager $pm) {
$this->translator = $pm->getServiceLocator()->get('Translator');
}
public function __invoke($message, $textDomain = 'default', $locale = null) {
return $this->translator->translate($message, $textDomain, $locale);
}
}

ZF2 Service Locator

I'm quite new to zf2 and I'm experimenting with it. I have a view helper and I need it to access a table object. In my controller I can run:
$this->getServiceLocator();
But ideally I would run this inside my view helper. Unfortunately, I can't seem to access it from within my view helper. I tried passing it through the constructor, configuring a factory method in module.config.php, but when I try that, Zend will no longer pass a tablegateway object into one of my model objects created from a service factory method in the module's Module.php file. This seems to be because it no longer calls the factory method, and opts to run instantiate without any parameters.
I'm not certain I understand why the view factory methods would affect a different set of factory methods with different names.
Can anyone tell me what is wrong with what I'm doing? I can provide more details, but at this point I'm unclear on what details are actually important without supplying the entire codebase.
Thanks.
Crisp does provide a valid answer to your question, but I would suggest to take it one step further. The injection of the service locator makes your view helper tightly coupled to the framework and service locator pattern and vulnerable because every piece of code inside your application can modify every service in the service locator.
There are reasons to inject your dependency directly, so you only depend on your dependencies and you're not implementing this anti-pattern anymore. Let's assume your view helper depends on MyModule\Model\MyTable, then the constructor of your view helper would just look like this:
namespace MyModule;
use MyModule\Model\MyTable;
use Zend\View\Helper\AbstractHelper;
class MyViewHelper extends AbstractHelper
{
protected $table;
public function __construct(MyTable $table)
{
$this->table = $table;
}
}
As you pointed out, you just inject your MyTable now:
namespace MyModule;
class Module
{
public function getViewHelperConfig()
{
return array(
'factories' => array(
'MyViewHelper' => function($sm) {
$sm = $sm->getServiceLocator(); // $sm was the view helper's locator
$table = $sm->get('MyModule_MyTable');
$helper = new MyModule\View\Helper\MyHelper($table);
return $helper;
}
)
);
}
}
Note that inside a view helper factory your service manager is the view helper's service manager and not the "main" one where the table is registered (see also a blog post of I wrote earlier). The $sm->getServiceLocator() solves this for you.
I'm not certain I understand why the view factory methods would affect a different set of factory methods with different names.
It's not, so there is probably a bug in your code. If above does not work, please provide some more details on your service manager configuration so I can update my answer.
One of the great advantages of above approach is you make unit testing really easy for your view helper. You can mock the table gateway and focus on the complete behaviour of your view helper.
use MyModule\View\Helper\MyHelper;
public function testHelperusesTable
{
$mock = $this->getMock('MyModule\Model\MyTable');
$helper = new MyHelper($mock);
// Test your $helper now
}
You can inject the service locator into your view helper from the view helper config in Module.php
// Application/Module.php
public function getViewHelperConfig()
{
return array(
'factories' => array(
'myViewHelper' => function ($serviceManager) {
// Get the service locator
$serviceLocator = $serviceManager->getServiceLocator();
// pass it to your helper
return new \Application\View\Helper\MyViewHelper($serviceLocator);
}
)
);
}
In your view helper
<?php
namespace Application\View\Helper;
use Zend\View\Helper\AbstractHelper,
Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface as ServiceLocator;
class MyViewHelper extends AbstractHelper
{
protected $serviceLocator;
public function __construct(ServiceLocator $serviceLocator)
{
$this->serviceLocator = $serviceLocator;
}
}
While working in Zend Framework,we often need custom helper,that make our work easy, In zf1 accessing database model from helper was easy,but i got stuck that how to access database model for any table in Custom View Helper, but as i was needing it i get around through the problem in unprofessional way by creatina new db adapter object in the view, which was never good way, but recently i came to know through very interesting way to access the database adapter in the view helper and there i have to execute any query on any table, it may be not so Zend F2 way, but very simple and short way to solve the issue.
Here is my Model Example...
<?php
namespace Application\Model;
use Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway;
class SlideImageSubTable {
protected $tableGateway;
public $adapter;
public function __construct(TableGateway $tableGateway) {
$this->tableGateway = $tableGateway;
$this->adapter = $this->tableGateway->getAdapter();
}
public function fetchAll() {
$resultSet = $this->tableGateway->select();
return $resultSet;
}
public function getSlideImageSub($id) {
$id = (int) $id;
$rowset = $this->tableGateway->select(array('id' => $id));
$row = $rowset->current();
if (!$row) {
throw new \Exception("Could not find row $id");
}
return $row;
}
public function getImageMenu($id) {
$id = (int) $id;
$rowset = $this->tableGateway->select(array('slide_image_id' => $id));
$rows = array_values(iterator_to_array($rowset));
if (!$rows) {
throw new \Exception("Could not find row $id");
}
return $rows;
}
public function saveSlideImageSub(SlideImageSub $slideImageSub) {
$data = array(
'slide_image_id' => $slideImageSub->slide_image_id,
'title' => $slideImageSub->title,
'description' => $slideImageSub->description
);
$id = (int) $slideImageSub->id;
if ($id == 0) {
$this->tableGateway->insert($data);
} else {
if ($this->getSlideImageSub($id)) {
$this->tableGateway->update($data, array('id' => $id));
} else {
throw new \Exception('Form id does not exist');
}
}
}
public function deleteSlideImageSub($id) {
$this->tableGateway->delete(array('id' => $id));
}
}
Just look at the 'public $adapter' public variable. And in the constructor i am going to initialize it by calling $this->tableGateway->getAdapter(); method, getAdapter() is available thorugh gateway object.
Then in my controller action view, i have to assign it to any variable and pass that variable to view page. like this..
public function equitiesAction() {
$image_id = $this->params('id');
$result = $this->getTable('SlideImageSub')->getImageMenu($image_id);
$adapter = $this->table->adapter;
$view = new ViewModel(array(
'result' => $result,
'adapter' => $adapter,
));
return $view;
}
And in the view i pass the 'adapter' object to custom view like this..
<?php echo $this->GetMenuProducts( $this->adapter); ?>
Now in custom view i can use this database adapter object and create select query on any table.
Hope this will help someone, i look around for using database access in custom view helper but the configurations methods provided was not working for me.
Thanks
$this->getView()->getHelperPluginManager()->getServiceLocator();

How to create custom form element in Zend Framework 2?

How can I in ZF2 create custom form element with custom validator? I want to create custom category picker that uses jQuery and content of this element should be rendered from phtml script. In ZF1 it was quite easy but in ZF2 I don't know from where to start.
A form element must implement a Zend\Form\ElementInterface. A default class is the Zend\Form\Element which you can use as a base form:
<?php
namespace MyModule\Form\Element;
use Zend\Form\Element;
class Foo extends Element
{
}
CUSTOM VALIDATOR
You can let the element directly assign a custom validator. Then you must implement the Zend\InputFilter\InputProviderInterface:
<?php
namespace MyModule\Form\Element;
use Zend\Form\Element;
use Zend\InputFilter\InputProviderInterface;
use MyModule\InputFilter\Bar as BarValidator;
class Foo extends Element implements InputProviderInterface
{
protected $validator;
public function getValidator()
{
if (null === $this->validator) {
$this->validator = new BarValidator;
}
return $this->validator;
}
public function getInputSpecification()
{
return array(
'name' => $this->getName(),
'required' => true,
'validators' => array(
$this->getValidator(),
),
);
}
}
CUSTOM RENDERING
At this moment it is a bit complex how Zend Framework handles the rendering of custom form element types. Usually, it just returns plain <input type="text"> elements.
There is one option, then you have to override the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormElement helper. It is registered as formelement and you must override this view helper in your custom module:
namespace MyModule;
class Module
{
public function getViewHelperConfig()
{
return array(
'invokables' => array(
'formelement' => 'MyModule\Form\View\Helper\FormElement',
'formfoo' => 'MyModule\Form\View\Helper\FormFoo',
),
);
}
}
Furthermore, every form element in Zend Framework 2 is rendered by a view helper. So you create a view helper for your own element, which will render the element's content.
Then you have to create your own form element helper (MyModule\Form\View\Helper\FormElement):
namespace MyModule\Form\View\Helper;
use MyModule\Form\Element;
use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormElement as BaseFormElement;
use Zend\Form\ElementInterface;
class FormElement extends BaseFormElement
{
public function render(ElementInterface $element)
{
$renderer = $this->getView();
if (!method_exists($renderer, 'plugin')) {
// Bail early if renderer is not pluggable
return '';
}
if ($element instanceof Element\Foo) {
$helper = $renderer->plugin('form_foo');
return $helper($element);
}
return parent::render($element);
}
}
As a last step, create your view helper to render this specific form element:
namespace MyModule\Form\View\Helper;
use Zend\Form\ElementInterface;
use Zend\Form\View\Helper\AbstractHelper;
class Foo extends AbstractHelper
{
public function __invoke(ElementInterface $element)
{
// Render your element here
}
}
If you want to render a .phtml file for example for this form element, load it inside this helper:
namespace MyModule\Form\View\Helper;
use Zend\Form\ElementInterface;
use Zend\Form\View\Helper\AbstractHelper;
class Foo extends AbstractHelper
{
protected $script = 'my-module/form-element/foo';
public function render(ElementInterface $element)
{
return $this->getView()->render($this->script, array(
'element' => $element
));
}
}
It will render a my-module/form-element/foo.phtml and in this script you will have a variable $element which contains your specific form element.

Zend FrameWork 2 Get ServiceLocator In Form and populate a drop down list

I need to get the adapter from the form, but still could not.
In my controller I can recover the adapter using the following:
// module/Users/src/Users/Controller/UsersController.php
public function getUsersTable ()
{
if (! $this->usersTable) {
$sm = $this->getServiceLocator();
$this->usersTable = $sm->get('Users\Model\UsersTable');
}
return $this->usersTable;
}
In my module I did so:
// module/Users/Module.php
public function getServiceConfig()
{
return array(
'factories' => array(
'Users\Model\UsersTable' => function($sm) {
$dbAdapter = $sm->get('Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter');
$uTable = new UsersTable($dbAdapter);
return $uTable;
},
//I need to get this to the list of groups
'Users\Model\GroupsTable' => function($sm) {
$dbAdapter = $sm->get('Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter');
$gTable = new GroupsTable($dbAdapter);
return $gTable;
},
),
);
}
Could someone give me an example how to get the adapter to the table from the group form?
I have followed this example to my form users:
http://framework.zend.com/manual/2.0/en/modules/zend.form.collections.html
EDITED from here...
Maybe I expressed myself wrong to ask the question.
What I really need to do is populate a select (Drop Down) with information from my table groups.
So I need to get the services inside my userForm class by ServiceLocatorAwareInterface (see this link) implemented because By default, the Zend Framework MVC registers an initializer That will inject into the ServiceManager instance ServiceLocatorAwareInterface Implementing any class.
After retrieving the values ​​from the table groups and populate the select.
The problem is that of all the ways that I've tried, the getServiceLocator() returns this:
Call to a member function get() on a non-object in
D:\WEBSERVER\htdocs\Zend2Control\module\Users\src\Users\Form\UsersForm.php
on line 46
I just wanted to do this in my UserForm...
namespace Users\Form;
use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorAwareInterface;
use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface;
use Zend\Form\Element;
use Zend\Form\Form;
class UsersForm extends Form implements ServiceLocatorAwareInterface
{
protected $serviceLocator;
public function getServiceLocator ()
{
return $this->serviceLocator;
}
public function setServiceLocator (ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator)
{
$this->serviceLocator = $serviceLocator;
}
public function __construct ($name = null)
{
parent::__construct('users');
$this->setAttribute('method', 'post');
$sm = $this->getServiceLocator();
$groups = $sm->get('Users\Model\GroupsTable')->fetchAll(); // line 46
$select = new Element\Select('groups');
$options = array();
foreach ($groups as $group) {
$options[$group->id] = $group->name;
}
$select->setValueOptions($options);
$this->add($select);
// and more elements here...
The other various answers here generally correct, for ZF < 2.1.
Once 2.1 is out, the framework has a pretty nice solution. This more or less formalizes DrBeza's solution, ie: using an initializer, and then moving any form-bootstrapping into an init() method that is called after all dependencies have been initialized.
I've been playing with the development branch, it it works quite well.
This is the method I used to get around that issue.
firstly, you want to make your form implement ServiceLocatorInterface as you have done.
You will then still need to manually inject the service locator, and as the whole form is generated inside the contrstuctor you will need to inject via the contructor too (no ideal to build it all in the constructor though)
Module.php
/**
* Get the service Config
*
* #return array
*/
public function getServiceConfig()
{
return array(
'factories' => array(
/**
* Inject ServiceLocator into our Form
*/
'MyModule\Form\MyForm' => function($sm) {
$form = new \MyModule\Form\MyFormForm('formname', $sm);
//$form->setServiceLocator($sm);
// Alternativly you can inject the adapter/gateway directly
// just add a setter on your form object...
//$form->setAdapter($sm->get('Users\Model\GroupsTable'));
return $form;
},
),
);
}
Now inside your controller you get your form like this:
// Service locator now injected
$form = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('MyModule\Form\MyForm');
Now you will have access to the full service locator inside the form, to get hold of any other services etc such as:
$groups = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('Users\Model\GroupsTable')->fetchAll();
In module.php I create two services. See how I feed the adapter to the form.
public function getServiceConfig()
{
return array(
'factories' => array(
'db_adapter' => function($sm) {
$config = $sm->get('Configuration');
$dbAdapter = new \Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter($config['db']);
return $dbAdapter;
},
'my_amazing_form' => function ($sm) {
return new \dir\Form\SomeForm($sm->get('db_adapter'));
},
),
);
}
In the form code I use that feed to whatever:
namespace ....\Form;
use Zend\Form\Factory as FormFactory;
use Zend\Form\Form;
class SomeForm extends Form
{
public function __construct($adapter, $name = null)
{
parent::__construct($name);
$factory = new FormFactory();
if (null === $name) {
$this->setName('whatever');
}
}
}
We handle this in the model, by adding a method that accepts a form
public function buildFormSelectOptions($form, $context = null)
{
/**
* Do this this for each form element that needs options added
*/
$model = $this->getServiceManager()->get('modelProject');
if (empty($context)){
$optionRecords = $model->findAll();
} else {
/**
* other logic for $optionRecords
*/
}
$options = array('value'=>'', 'label'=>'Choose a Project');
foreach ($optionRecords as $option) {
$options[] = array('value'=>$option->getId(), 'label'=>$option->getName());
}
$form->get('project')->setAttribute('options', $options);
}
As the form is passed by reference, we can do something like this in the controller where the form is built:
$builder = new AnnotationBuilder();
$form = $builder->createForm($myEntity);
$myModel->buildFormSelectOptions($form, $myEntity);
$form->add(array(
'name' => 'submitbutton',
'attributes' => array(
'type' => 'submit',
'value' => 'Submit',
'id' => 'submitbutton',
),
));
$form->add(array(
'name' => 'cancel',
'attributes' => array(
'type' => 'submit',
'value' => 'Cancel',
'id' => 'cancel',
),
));
Note: The example assumes the base form is build via annotations, but it doesn't matter how you create the initial form.
An alternative method to the other answers would be to create a ServiceManager Initializer.
An example of an existing Initializer is how the ServiceManager is injected if your instance implements ServiceLocatorAwareInterface.
The idea would be to create an interface that you check for in your Initialiser, this interface may look like:
interface FormServiceAwareInterface
{
public function init();
public function setServiceManager(ServiceManager $serviceManager);
}
An example of what your Initializer may look like:
class FormInitializer implements InitializerInterface
{
public function initialize($instance, ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator)
{
if (!$instance instanceof FormServiceAwareInterface)
{
return;
}
$instance->setServiceManager($serviceLocator);
$instance->init();
}
}
Anything that happens in init() would have access to the ServiceManager. Of course you would need to add your initializer to your SM configuration.
It is not perfect but it works fine for my needs and can also be applied to any Fieldsets pulled from the ServiceManager.
This is the way I used get around that issue.
firstly, In Module.php, create the service (just as you have done):
// module/Users/Module.php
public function getServiceConfig()
{
return array(
'factories' => array(
'Users\Model\UsersTable' => function($sm) {
$dbAdapter = $sm->get('Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter');
$uTable = new UsersTable($dbAdapter);
return $uTable;
},
//I need to get this to the list of groups
'Users\Model\GroupsTable' => function($sm) {
$dbAdapter = $sm->get('Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter');
$gTable = new GroupsTable($dbAdapter);
return $gTable;
},
),
);
}
Then in the controller, I got a reference to the Service:
$users = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('Test\Model\TestGroupTable')->fetchAll();
$options = array();
foreach ($users as $user)
$options[$user->id] = $user->name;
//get the form element
$form->get('user_id')->setValueOptions($options);
And viola, that work.

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