Question

I have a Zend Application with user authentication. I need the UserID in nearly every action for database queries. Certainly I want to have quick access primarily in controllers but also in view scripts.

The way I get so far:

Zend_Auth::getInstance()->getIdentity()->User_ID

How can I write a plugin or helper to provide the UserID in an easier way?

e.g. like this:

$this->User_ID

Answer 1

you can make property in your controller which could be set in controller constructor:

$this->_User_ID = Zend_Auth::getInstance()->getIdentity()->User_ID;

or drop it to Zend_Registry when establish and use from there.