Re: [fw-general] making global view variables visible to view helpers

2009-01-26 Thread David Mintz 
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney
matt...@zend.comwrote:

 -- David Mintz vtbludg...@gmail.com wrote
 (on Friday, 23 January 2009, 05:06 PM -0500):
 
 
  On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney 
 matt...@zend.com
  wrote:
 
  -- David Mintz da...@davidmintz.org wrote
  (on Friday, 23 January 2009, 04:14 PM -0500):
   I have view variables that I want to be set in every view instance
 --
  things
   like paths to public resources. So I have been doing something
 stolen
  from an
   example somewhere a long while ago:
  
   $view = new Zend_View;
   $view-web_root =
 Zend_Registry::get('siteConfig')-paths-web_root;
   if (Zend_Auth::getInstance()-hasIdentity()) {
   $view-user = Zend_Auth::getInstance()-getIdentity();
   }
   // etc
   $viewRenderer = new Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ViewRenderer();
   $viewRenderer-setView($view);
   Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::addHelper($viewRenderer);
 
  Try changing the above three lines to this, and see if it makes any
  difference:
 
 $viewRenderer =
 Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::getStaticHelper
  ('viewRenderer')
 $viewRenderer-setView($view);
 
 
 
  Same story. e.g., I stick this stdClass $user object in the view in my
  bootstrap, and can dump it in the view, but the helper doesn't see it.
 How do
  people deal with this? It's got to be a common scenario. I suppose I
 could pass
  whatever to the helper as args to the helper call.
 
  Would it make a difference if I set these view vars in a plugin? Hmm I
 think
  I'll try and see for myself...

 Shouldn't make a difference. The other possibility is that it's an issue
 in your helper. Are you extending Zend_View_Helper_Abstract? That class
 provides a setView() implementation, which will ensure that $this-view
 is available in your helper.


This is the whole thing, except I deleted the body of the one function for
brevity.

$this-view is in fact set and available to the helper, but, as I say,
$this-view does not see the vars I set in the bootstrap. Makes me think
it's either not a ref to the same object, or else this stuff with
$this-view is executing before the assignment stuff in the bootstrap -- not
likely.

class  Zend_View_Helper_RequestStatus extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract {

public function RequestStatus($event_id) {
// echo empty($this-view-user) ?  ... no user ...  :  ... yes
user ...;
   // do things, and return an informative string instead of a digit
}

}
}
}


-- 
David Mintz
http://davidmintz.org/

The subtle source is clear and bright
The tributary streams flow through the darkness

[fw-general] making global view variables visible to view helpers

2009-01-23 Thread David Mintz 
I have view variables that I want to be set in every view instance -- things
like paths to public resources. So I have been doing something stolen from
an example somewhere a long while ago:

$view = new Zend_View;
$view-web_root = Zend_Registry::get('siteConfig')-paths-web_root;
if (Zend_Auth::getInstance()-hasIdentity()) {
$view-user = Zend_Auth::getInstance()-getIdentity();
}
// etc
$viewRenderer = new Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ViewRenderer();
$viewRenderer-setView($view);
Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::addHelper($viewRenderer);

These view vars are referenced in the layout and/or in the individual views,
and it's all good, except in the view helpers. Here,  $this-view can see
the variables that are set in the view instance by the controller action,
but not the ones that are set above in the bootstrap.

So -- what am I doing wrong, what's the best practice for setting app-wide
view variables?


Gratefully,

-- 
David Mintz
http://davidmintz.org/

The subtle source is clear and bright
The tributary streams flow through the darkness

Re: [fw-general] making global view variables visible to view helpers

2009-01-23 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney 
-- David Mintz da...@davidmintz.org wrote
(on Friday, 23 January 2009, 04:14 PM -0500):
 I have view variables that I want to be set in every view instance -- things
 like paths to public resources. So I have been doing something stolen from an
 example somewhere a long while ago:
 
 $view = new Zend_View;
 $view-web_root = Zend_Registry::get('siteConfig')-paths-web_root;
 if (Zend_Auth::getInstance()-hasIdentity()) {
 $view-user = Zend_Auth::getInstance()-getIdentity();
 }
 // etc
 $viewRenderer = new Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ViewRenderer();
 $viewRenderer-setView($view);
 Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::addHelper($viewRenderer);

Try changing the above three lines to this, and see if it makes any
difference:

$viewRenderer = 
Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::getStaticHelper('viewRenderer')
$viewRenderer-setView($view);


 These view vars are referenced in the layout and/or in the individual views,
 and it's all good, except in the view helpers. Here,  $this-view can see the
 variables that are set in the view instance by the controller action, but not
 the ones that are set above in the bootstrap.
 
 So -- what am I doing wrong, what's the best practice for setting app-wide 
 view
 variables?

-- 
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
Software Architect   | matt...@zend.com
Zend Framework   | http://framework.zend.com/

Re: [fw-general] making global view variables visible to view helpers

2009-01-23 Thread David Mintz 
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney
matt...@zend.comwrote:

 -- David Mintz da...@davidmintz.org wrote
 (on Friday, 23 January 2009, 04:14 PM -0500):
  I have view variables that I want to be set in every view instance --
 things
  like paths to public resources. So I have been doing something stolen
 from an
  example somewhere a long while ago:
 
  $view = new Zend_View;
  $view-web_root = Zend_Registry::get('siteConfig')-paths-web_root;
  if (Zend_Auth::getInstance()-hasIdentity()) {
  $view-user = Zend_Auth::getInstance()-getIdentity();
  }
  // etc
  $viewRenderer = new Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ViewRenderer();
  $viewRenderer-setView($view);
  Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::addHelper($viewRenderer);

 Try changing the above three lines to this, and see if it makes any
 difference:

$viewRenderer =
 Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::getStaticHelper('viewRenderer')
$viewRenderer-setView($view);



Same story. e.g., I stick this stdClass $user object in the view in my
bootstrap, and can dump it in the view, but the helper doesn't see it. How
do people deal with this? It's got to be a common scenario. I suppose I
could pass whatever to the helper as args to the helper call.

Would it make a difference if I set these view vars in a plugin? Hmm I think
I'll try and see for myself...



-- 
David Mintz
http://davidmintz.org/

The subtle source is clear and bright
The tributary streams flow through the darkness

Re: [fw-general] making global view variables visible to view helpers

2009-01-23 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney 
-- David Mintz vtbludg...@gmail.com wrote
(on Friday, 23 January 2009, 05:06 PM -0500):
 
 
 On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney matt...@zend.com
 wrote:
 
 -- David Mintz da...@davidmintz.org wrote
 (on Friday, 23 January 2009, 04:14 PM -0500):
  I have view variables that I want to be set in every view instance --
 things
  like paths to public resources. So I have been doing something stolen
 from an
  example somewhere a long while ago:
 
  $view = new Zend_View;
  $view-web_root = Zend_Registry::get('siteConfig')-paths-web_root;
  if (Zend_Auth::getInstance()-hasIdentity()) {
  $view-user = Zend_Auth::getInstance()-getIdentity();
  }
  // etc
  $viewRenderer = new Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ViewRenderer();
  $viewRenderer-setView($view);
  Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::addHelper($viewRenderer);
 
 Try changing the above three lines to this, and see if it makes any
 difference:
 
$viewRenderer = Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::getStaticHelper
 ('viewRenderer')
$viewRenderer-setView($view);
 
 
 
 Same story. e.g., I stick this stdClass $user object in the view in my
 bootstrap, and can dump it in the view, but the helper doesn't see it. How do
 people deal with this? It's got to be a common scenario. I suppose I could 
 pass
 whatever to the helper as args to the helper call.
 
 Would it make a difference if I set these view vars in a plugin? Hmm I think
 I'll try and see for myself...

Shouldn't make a difference. The other possibility is that it's an issue
in your helper. Are you extending Zend_View_Helper_Abstract? That class
provides a setView() implementation, which will ensure that $this-view
is available in your helper.

-- 
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
Software Architect   | matt...@zend.com
Zend Framework   | http://framework.zend.com/