Get request info in view helper

Question

Is it possible in Zend View helper (extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract) get info about module/controller/action in which that helper was called ?

Answer 1

Yes. You can use Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance() within view helpers. So you could do something like this:

class App_Helper_DoSomething extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
{
    public function doSomething()
    {
        return Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()
            ->getRequest()
            ->getControllerName();
    }
}

Which will print the current controller name when called in your view with:

echo $this->doSomething();