Hi,

For every view I use, I wish to set some vars (e.g. the base URL). Is there a way I could do this, without modifying the Zend_Controller_Action class? Yes, you could use the init() method of the Zend_Controller_Action class, but then you would have to add this code to every controller in your web app...

Does anybody know a workaround for this problem?

Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,
Sweepee

Extend the Zend_Controller_Action controller, and then use that extended controller for your real controllers instead of Zend_Controller_Action.

Fantastic idea!

Damn, your answer makes my question so stupid...

Or you could just use the BaseUrl View_Helper

Maybe that's an even beter idea, since I'm using multi-lingual routes.

I still have to learn a lot about the Zend Framework.

The problem I have with this method - or creating an Action Helper which in many cases could achieve the same results - is that if you _forward() or use the ActionStack Helper, the same code is processed over again for each controller action that is dispatched. Does anyone have a good suggestion for initialization code that should only be run once for all dispatched controllers?

Did anyone come up with anything?

The init() method of any controller is only run once per controller, regardless of how many actions are run in that controller per request. However if you extend Zend_Controller_Action and put you code in init() then you'll have to call parent::init() on every controller that uses your new controller class.

What you could do is set a flag in session or just the registry that indicates this logic has already run, then check to see if its set before running the logic. This would make a plugin more appropriate.

You could also write a controller plugin and register it in your bootstrap.