Sharing controller logic with traits
We've moved our logic into a trait, a trait can be shared between many controllers without inheritance and it's more reasonable to do things with views and redirects here (though still not ideal). This in my eyes is the best solution to the problem, it's what traits are good for and it's quite convenient.http://tech.graze.com/2015/04/14/sharing-controller-logic-with-traits-in-php/
The article provides a good overview of how the people at Graze came to this solution.