How to pass variables to layout.phtml globally in ZF2?

Question

I want to pass a series of variables to my layout.phtml throughout the whole application(globally). And by that I mean I don\'t wanna use

$this->layout()-         


        

Answer 1

In your Application/Module.php 1) Create an Dispatch event for zend framework like this:

public function onBootstrap(MvcEvent $e)
{ 
    $eventManager        = $e->getApplication()->getEventManager();
    $eventManager->attach('dispatch', array($this, 'loadConfiguration' ));
}    
public function loadConfiguration(MvcEvent $e)
{           
      $controller = $e->getTarget();
      $controller->layout()->YOUR_VARIABLE_NAME = $YOUR_VALUE;
}

2) Now You can access your defined variable in your layout like this: $this->YOUR_VARIABLE_NAME;