[fw-general] Custom view helper and auto detecting directory

[Robert Castley]

Hi,
 
This is probably more of a PHP than ZF question, but I am hoping some can
help :-)
 
I have a custom view helper class for widgets that live outside the MVC
structure i.e.
 
htdocs
  application
    controllers
    models
    views
    ...
  library
    Magik
      View
        Helper
          WidgetMessage.php
      View.php
    ...
   widgets
     MyWidget
       MyWidget.php
       MyWidget.phtml
        
 
<code>
class Magik_View extends Zend_View
{
    public function __construct($path = null)
    {
        $this->addHelperPath('library' . DS . 'Magik' . DS . 'View' . DS .
'Helper' , 'Magik_View_Helper');

        $this->setScriptPath($path);
    }

}
</code>

As you can see in the above code I have to pass a path when I call the class
within my file MyWidget.php e.g.

$view = new Magik_View(dirname(__FILE__));

What I would like to be able to do is just use:

$view = new Magik_View();

So, my question is, is there anyway for my custom view helpler to be able to
automatically detect the directory that MyWidget.php is living in?

Thanks in advance,

- Robert



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