DeclareVars Class Reference

Helper for declaring default values of template variables. More...

Public Member Functions
	__invoke ()
	Declare template vars to set default values and avoid notices when using strictVars.
Public Member Functions inherited from AbstractHelper
	setView (Renderer $view)
	Set the View object.
	getView ()
	Get the view object.

Public Attributes
	$view

Protected Member Functions
	declareVar ($key, $value= '')
	Set a view variable.

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Attributes inherited from AbstractHelper
	$view = null

Detailed Description

Helper for declaring default values of template variables.

Member Function Documentation

__invoke

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Declare template vars to set default values and avoid notices when using strictVars.

Primarily for use when using ::setStrictVars(), this helper can be used to declare template variables that may or may not already be set in the view object, as well as to set default values. Arrays passed as arguments to the method will be used to set default values; otherwise, if the variable does not exist, it is set to an empty string.

Usage: $this->declareVars( 'varName1', 'varName2', array('varName3' => 'defaultValue', 'varName4' => array() ) );

Parameters

string|array

variable number of arguments, all string names of variables to test

Returns

void

declareVar (   $key,   $value = ''  )

protected

Set a view variable.

Checks to see if a $key is set in the view object; if not, sets it to $value.

Parameters

string	$key
string	$value	Defaults to an empty string

Returns

void

Member Data Documentation

$view