Zend Framework: Render multiple Views in one Layout

Question

I want to generate a dynamic site using Zend_Layout.

My layout (/application/layouts/scripts/layout.phtml) contains the following lines:

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Answer 1

I would also advise against using the action view helper. Unless you have a bunch of logic in your controller, you probably don't need to dispatch another request to another controller just to render a view partial.

I would recommend simply using a view partial just like you have done with your header.phtml and footer.phtml:

        render('header.phtml') ?>

        
layout()->content ?>

        
render('auth/login.phtml') ?>

        render('footer.phtml') ?>

And maybe your auth/login.phtml view script looks like this:

    user)): ?>
        Please log in
    
        Hello user->name ?>
    

As long as you set your view variables at some point in your controller, you can call the render view helper from within a view (or even a controller if you wanted to).

#index controller
public function indexAction()
{
    $this->view->user = Model_User::getUserFromSession();
}