Zend Frameworks - separation of content return type?

I am about to develop a set of custom Ajax/rss/etc functions, both abstract, and then ones to be used in controllers. I was thinking of separating these methods based on return type.

I have a controller which will be enormous if I don't break down the logic.

I was thinking maybe a module - like

Modules/Admin/AnalyticsController

Modules/AjaxApi/AnalyticsController

Modules/开发者_开发技巧RssApi/AnalyticsController

Any advice is appreciated!

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Have you considered using or overriding or creating your own Context Switcher. You can read more here http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.controller.actionhelpers.html

This has the features you need without needing to create new controllers for each action.

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You can create your own abstract class with common methods. But in PHP you can to inherit only 1 class. Make your abstract class extends from Zend_Controller Action. Example code:

abstract class AjaxRssEtc extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
   // code
}
class Ajaxapi_AnalyticsController extends AjaxRssEtc
{
   // code
}

And your controller Ajaxapi_AnalyticsController will have methods from Zend_Controller_Action and your abstract class.