Matthew Weier O'Phinney-3 wrote:
>
> -- spaun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> (on Wednesday, 07 November 2007, 10:37 PM -0800):
>> IMHO, current implementation of view helpers is a bit odd. I see no point
>> in
>> current naming convention (why special method name instead of fixed
>> interface?).
>
> I have to agree with you at this point. However, there are good reasons
> to keep it as-is for now:
>
> * Backwards compatibility. Changing it now would break *many* apps.
>
> * Compatability with other systems. Zend_View is based on Savant2 and
> is a cousin to Solar_View. As such, helpers written for either of
> those two classes will also work with Zend_View, and vice versa.
>
>> Furthermore, I see no normal way to configure the helper pathes/prefixes.
>> If
>> I understand it right, I intended to put my helpers to
>> application/view/helpers and give a class Zend_View_Helper prefix.
>> Changing
>> it breaks the idea.
>
> You *can* do that already -- you simply have to setup your view object
> and inject it into the ViewRenderer either in the bootstrap or an early
> running plugin.
>
>> I suppose it would be better to add and init script to helpers directory
>> (something like __init__.php) and extend Zend_View to allow register
>> helpers
>> (something like registerHelper('helperName', callable $callback) and
>> registerLazyHelper('helperName', $className, $methodName, $file = null)).
>>
>> The view object should handle setting the helper directory by including
>> this
>> init script thus providing self instance to it.
>
> Interesting idea -- please create a proposal for it. :-)
>
> --
> Matthew Weier O'Phinney
> PHP Developer | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Zend - The PHP Company | http://www.zend.com/
>
>
Honestly I've tried to add a proposal for this before posting here. It asks
me to fax a signed agreement. I have no fax to accomplish this. Could you
add it instead please?
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