How to make variable that can be used in many views?

Question

I have a project, it has a structure like this:

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2333/92348689.png

I want to make a variable like the following

$templatePath = $this->baseUrl('/application/templates/')` 

and it can be used in many views, in many modules. I think I can do it by declaring the variable in Bootstrap.php (application) but I don't know how to do that.

Answer 1

Usually, I just place myself such variables into application bootstrap file. Here's an example:

class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap {

    protected function _initViewVariables() {
        $this->bootstrap('View');

        $this->view->fooValue = 'foo';
        $this->view->barValue = 'bar';

        $config = Zend_Registry::get('config');

        if( $config->recaptcha->enabled ) {
            $this->view->captcha = true;
            $this->view->recaptchaPublicKey = $config->recaptcha->publicKey;
        }
        else {
            $this->view->captcha = false;
        }

    }

}

I hope it helps!