removing footer from specific view in ZF2

How can I remove just the footer from a specific view in ZF2. I have tried

 $View->setTerminal(true);
 return $view;

but it makes the links in the top nav bar inactive. Thanks

Solution

You could change your base layout for that particular action.

for example, your main layout may be like this example:

layout.phtml

<?php echo $this->doctype(); ?>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <?php echo $this->headTitle($this->translate('TITLE'))->setSeparator(' - ')->setAutoEscape(false) ?>
    </head>
    <body>
     ....
          <?php echo $this->partial('footer') ?>
    </body>
 </html>

You can simple make a duplicate layout, but without the footer partial included (or how ever you are including the footer partial/view etc)

you would then tell your action to use a different base layout:

Controller.php

public function testAction()
{
    /**
     * Now we use the base with no footer
     */
    $this->layout('layout/no-footer-layout');
    // identical to below, a shortcut
    //$this->layout()->setTemplate('layout/no-footer-layout');

    return new ViewModel(array(/** etc **/));
}