Question

I am trying to store my Google Maps API Key in my application.ini file, and I would like to be able to read it from my controller whenever its needed. How can I go about reading values from the application.ini from my controller?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Either through the FrontController

// bootstrap
$front->setParam('GMapsApiKey', 123456);

// controller
$this->getFrontController()->getParam('GMapsApiKey');

or Registry:

// bootstrap
Zend_Registry::set('GMapsApiKey', '123456');

// controller
Zend_Registry::get('GMapsApiKey');

However, since access to the Google Maps API is something that happens in the model, your controller should not need to know the API key.