I've been plugging away and I may have finally got it.
Take this for example:
I have a model that returns an array.
I have a view helper that initializes the model and then calls for the model
to return the array: class App_View_Helper_Sidebar extends
Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
I have a partial
Another example. Is it ok to access the request object in the view helper
like this? Or is there a better way?
I just need some conformation I am on the right track:
?php
class App_View_Helper_Navigation extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
{
public function navigation() {
$ctrl =
J DeBord wrote:
I've been plugging away and I may have finally got it.
Take this for example:
I have a model that returns an array.
I have a view helper that initializes the model and then calls for the
model to return the array: class App_View_Helper_Sidebar extends
Hey,
Or you could simply overload it.
$layout-sidebar = something here;
Vince.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:31 PM, lightflowmark
1...@lightflowinterrupted.comwrote:
They are placeholders for content to be later inserted into.
Typically, I think, you would have actions called e.g.
Thanks for the replies.
I created a SidebarController with a sidebarAction() function. In
sidebar.phtml I have coded the template for my sidebar. Next, I registered
this with the actionstack like this:
$this-_helper-actionStack('nav', 'nav','default');
$this-_helper-actionStack('sidebar',
You may wish to read this very interesting
http://blog.astrumfutura.com/archives/373-The-M-in-MVC-Why-Models-are-Misunderstood-and-Unappreciated.html
article by Padraic Brady on Models and their role in the MVC pattern.
I think the section entitled, Models are Classes, Controllers are
http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.layout.quickstart.html#zend.layout.quickstart.example
In the above link, what are ?= $this-layout()-nav ? and ?=
$this-layout()-sidebar ?
Are they view helpers? Would someone point me to a resource describing how
to build one? For example, a template of a
