disabling view with in action in ZF2

Question

I am struggling with disabling view in ZF2 $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender(); or (true) with no luck as it always says there

Answer 1

You can do so using the console model, or kill execution arbitrarily.

<?php

namespace SomeModule\Controller;

use Zend\Mvc\Controller\ActionController;
use Zend\View\Model\ConsoleModel; // if use ConsoleMode
use Zend\View\Model\JsonModel; // if use JSON

class SomeController extends ActionController
{
    public function someAction() {

      return new ConsoleModel(array(
        'message' => 'Hello World',
      ));

    }
    // Json Method
    public function jsonAction() {

      return new JsonModel(array(
        'message' => 'Hello World',
      ));

    }

    // This is really exaggerated, but it is quite effective.

    public function killAction() {
      echo 'Hello World';
      exit;
    }
}

In view use: some.phtml

<?php
echo $message;

json.phtml

<?php
echo $message;

Answer 2

Just return '' in the Method and it will not autoload the View template

public function goAction()
{   
    return '';
}

Answer 3

public function testAction()
{   
    return false;
}

simply return false.