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

You can pass global variable to your layout from Application/Module.php in ZendFramework 2 using ModuleManager as below:

In your Application/Module.php

Step 1:

use Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\AutoloaderProviderInterface;
use Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ConfigProviderInterface;
use Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent;

Step 2:

class Module implements AutoloaderProviderInterface, ConfigProviderInterface
{    
    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;
    }


  // Your remaining code here....

}

Step 3:

In your layout.phtml file use your variable as $this->YOUR_VARIABLE_NAME

I hope this helps.