Custom view helper and auto detecting directory

[rcastley]

Hi,

 

This is probably more of a PHP than ZF question, but I am hoping some can help :-)

 

I have a custom view helper class for widgets that live outside the MVC structure i.e.

 

htdocs

  application

    controllers

    models

    views

    ...

  library

    Magik

      View

        Helper

          WidgetMessage.php

      View.php

    ...
   widgets

     MyWidget

       MyWidget.php

       MyWidget.phtml

       

 

<code>
class Magik_View extends Zend_View
{
    public function __construct($path = null)
    {
        $this->addHelperPath('library' . DS . 'Magik' . DS . 'View' . DS . 'Helper' , 'Magik_View_Helper');

        $this->setScriptPath($path);
    }

}
</code>

As you can see in the above code I have to pass a path when I call the class within my file MyWidget.php e.g.

$view = new Magik_View(dirname(__FILE__));

What I would like to be able to do is just use:

$view = new Magik_View();

So, my question is, is there anyway for my custom view helpler to be able to automatically detect the directory that MyWidget.php is living in?

Thanks in advance,

- Robert

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[rcastley]

I think I have found a better way to ask my question:

 

Is there anyway you can find out which file created an instance of you class?

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From: Robert Castley
Sent: 08 May 2008 12:47
To: fw-general@...
Subject: [fw-general] Custom view helper and auto detecting directory

Hi,

 

This is probably more of a PHP than ZF question, but I am hoping some can help :-)

 

I have a custom view helper class for widgets that live outside the MVC structure i.e.

 

htdocs

  application

    controllers

    models

    views

    ...

  library

    Magik

      View

        Helper

          WidgetMessage.php

      View.php

    ...
   widgets

     MyWidget

       MyWidget.php

       MyWidget.phtml

       

 

<code>
class Magik_View extends Zend_View
{
    public function __construct($path = null)
    {
        $this->addHelperPath('library' . DS . 'Magik' . DS . 'View' . DS . 'Helper' , 'Magik_View_Helper');

        $this->setScriptPath($path);
    }

}
</code>

As you can see in the above code I have to pass a path when I call the class within my file MyWidget.php e.g.

$view = new Magik_View(dirname(__FILE__));

What I would like to be able to do is just use:

$view = new Magik_View();

So, my question is, is there anyway for my custom view helpler to be able to automatically detect the directory that MyWidget.php is living in?

Thanks in advance,

- Robert

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