Question

How would I assign a page title once in the bootstrap (so I don’t have to do it in each controller)? Is there a link that will point me in the right direction?

Is using the bootstrap the correct way?

I currently have this in each controller:

public function indexAction()
{
    $this->view->title = 'Cut It Out';
}

layout.phtml has this:

<h1><?php echo $this->escape($this->title); ?></h1>

Answer 1

You could use a view helper for this to echo the title into your layout script in layouts/layout.phtml.

Create the file /application/views/helpers/SiteTitle.php :-

<?php
class Zend_View_Helper_SiteTitle extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
{
    public function siteTitle()
    {
        $siteTitle = getTitleFromDbSomehow();
        return $this->view->escape(siteTitle);
    }
}

Then in your layout head section you would have:-

<title><?php echo $this->siteTitle(); ?></title>

If you want it in the body somewhere:-

<h1><?php echo $this->siteTitle(); ?></h1>