Zend Framework Set response segment in controller actions

The default response segment your controllers action are outputting to is 'content'.

To change/set what response segment is written to inside your controller actions you can use the setResponseSegment method of the viewrenderer helper:

public function menuAction{
	$this->_helper->viewRenderer->setResponseSegment('menu');
 
	/*  other code  */
 
}

Then in layout.phtml access it like so:

<H1>Menu</H1>
<?= $this->layout()->menu ?>
 
<H1>Main Content</H1>
<?= $this->layout()->content ?>
 
 

For some reason I couldn' t find this anywhere in the Zend framework documentation.

I found it here:

http://framework.zend.com/issues/browse/ZF-6537