I override the render() method and tell it to store the script name passed as $name in the View variable $content, which is referenced in my view scripts in order to render content within an identical template across all my pages. render() will first execute the template script, and then render the content within it when it reaches the instruction "echo $this->render($this->content);".

Like I said, its not perfect but it gets the job done fast and easy.

class RC_View extends Zend_View
{
public $template = null;
protected $_inTemplate = false;

public function render($name)
{
if($this->_template == null)
{
return parent::render($name);
}

if($this->_inTemplate)
{
return parent::render($name);
}
else
{

$this->_inTemplate = true;
$this->content = $name;
$data = parent::render($this->_template);
$this->_inTemplate = false;
return $data;
}
}

Note that when you create your own custom view class, you must initialize it yourself and manually register it with the ViewRenderer plug-in.

Should have used Trac :)

Regards,

Rob...

Pádraic is the author of 3, the Zend_View Enhanced proposal.

Regards,

Rob...