AFAIK It is not global by default, you could probably find a few neater ways to do this but I just use
Zend_Db_Table_Abstract::setDefaultAdapter($db); (this also sets up for any Zend DB Tables you may/may not have) and then use Zend_Db_Table_Abstract::getDefaultAdapter(); to get it from your controllers. I'm sure there must be a lighter way to do it without requiring that static method. - Daniel Fullarton -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 5/15/2008 11:16 PM To: fw-general@lists.zend.com Subject: [fw-general] Dumb Question In my index.php bootstrap file I setup the database connection into a variable $db. Now I need to access this in other controllers. This seems like a dumb question to me but do I need to global $db; before I can access it in the indexAction method of the controller or is it in the global scope by default? Thanks, Joseph Crawford