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!

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.

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.