AbstractHelper

The AbstractHelper is used as a base abstract class for Form view helpers, providing methods for validating form HTML attributes, as well as controlling the doctype and character encoding. AbstractHelper also extends from Zend\I18n\View\Helper\AbstractTranslatorHelper which provides an implementation for the Zend\I18n\Translator\TranslatorAwareInterface that allows setting a translator and text domain.

The following public methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\I18n\View\Helper\AbstractTranslatorHelper.

setDoctype(string $doctype)

Sets a doctype to use in the helper.

getDoctype()

Returns the doctype used in the helper.

Return type:string

setEncoding(string $encoding)

Set the translation text domain to use in helper when translating.

getEncoding()

Returns the character encoding used in the helper.

Return type:string

getId()

Returns the element id. If no ID attribute present, attempts to use the name attribute. If name attribute is also not present, returns null.

Return type:string or null