application\modules\project\forms\guinness\base.php

protected $_id;

public function setId($id)
{
    $this->_id = $id;
    return $this;
}

public function getId()
{
    return $this->_id;
}

public function getPintCount()
{
    $model = new PubModel();
    return $model->countPints(this->getId());
}

application\modules\project\views\scripts\guinness\page.phtml

<?=$this->render('_partial.phtml');?>

application\modules\project\controllers\GuinnessController.php

<?php
$form = new SomeForm();
$form->setId(123);
?>

application\modules\projects\views\scripts\guinness\_partial.phtml

<?=$this->element->getPintCount();?>

This way I can get the content view my connected partials which in essence are a copy of the viewscript.

Seems a long way round, but it keeps everything nicely separated.

To access the externals file, navigate to the root of your site:

> cd /var/www/mysite

And add the external to the svn:externals file. I am using the latest version of Zend Framework for this, but you can use any SVN source you like. Note, it has to be available as an SVN repository.

> svn propedit svn:externals .

This will open a text editor.

To enter an external, just enter the local folder to download to, and the source SVN.

destination source

So, if I want my Zend Framework files to be saved in /var/www/mysite/library/Zend :

library/Zend http://framework.zend.com/svn/framework/standard/tags/release-1.11.9/library/Zend/

The first part is the local, second part is the URL of the repository.

Save and close.

Next time you do an update, svn will go and fetch the external files and save them for you.

Other externals are available, such as JQuery, various wikis and other JS sources.

$this->view->form = new Contact_Edit_Form(array('contactName' => 'Chris'));

This will pass a very simple array to the form, and from within the form,

$data = $this->getAttrib('contactName');

$data will then contain Chris

If my options are as follows:

$console = new Zend_Console_Getopt(
    array(
        'i-s'  => 'test option 1',
        'e'    => 'test option 2')
    );

For instance,

> php myScript.php -i OPTION

To get the “OPTION” string for the -i parameter

$arg = $console->getOption('i');

$arg will now contain the passed option, but if none was passed, it will be NULL

When outlining the available options that can be used with your script, you use the following syntax:

long|short  => description;

test|t => 'Test the script';

You can use,

> php myScript.php -t

or

> php myScript.php --test

to run the -test parameter. You can also pass values, such as an integer or a string:

'test|t=i' => 'Option with required integer parameter';

'test|t-s' => 'Option with optional string parameter'

For more information, refer to the Zend Documentation : http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.console.getopt.introduction.html

//set up the 2 date objects
$now = new Zend_Date();
$next = new Zend_Date();
//we want July 1st
$next->setDay(1)->setMonth(7);
//if we are currently after july this year
if ($now->get(Zend_Date::MONTH) >= 7) {
    //we need to work it out til next July
    $next->setYear($now->get(Zend_Date::YEAR) + 1);
}
else {
    //this july is fine
    $next->setYear($now->get(Zend_Date::YEAR));
}
$diff = $next->sub($now)->toValue();
return $diff / 60 / 60 / 24;

if (null == $this->_application)
{
    $this->_application = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()
         ->getParam('bootstrap');
}