Question

in order to avoid copy/paste, i can use a unique view for different actions, i can do this using one of these ways

$this->renderScript('index/index.phtml'); 
$this->view->var = "hello world";   

or

$this->_helper->viewRenderer('index');
$this->view->var = "hello world";

if i want to use a different controller i have to use the 1st one, the viewRenderer is ok, but when i use the renderScript it shows nothing like var is not defined. how can i assign values to the view script?

index.phtml would be somthing like this

echo $this->var ;

Answer 1

It should work the way you described it

class IndexController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{

    public function init()
    {
        /* Initialize action controller here */
        $this->view->var = 'echo me in any action viewscript and i will show you text';
    }

    public function indexAction()
    {
        // action body
        $this->view->test = 'Don\'t put me here becuase this is not the action that is run';

    }

    public function testAction()
    {
        // action body

        $this->view->test = 'Hello world';
        $this->renderScript('index/index.phtml');
        // or $this->_helper->viewRenderer('index');
    }

}

in my view (index.phtml)

i have

<?php echo $this->test;?> 

When i go to /index/test/ it will show “hello world”…

Also when i do it in another controller it gives me the result

class MyController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{

    public function init()
    {
        /* Initialize action controller here */
    }

    public function indexAction()
    {
        // action body
        $this->view->test = 'Hello world';
        $this->renderScript('index/index.phtml'); 
    }

}