Re: [fw-mvc] View Helper classes - help! 'Plugin by name... not found in the registry'

Rishi:

In Bootstrap, you may create a new instance of View, add new helperPath  and then register it with the frontController. Then onwards your actionControllers will use your instance of View. If you do this way then of-course the change will be applicable to all the Controllers.

Alternatively, you can add the helperPath in the particular Controller(s), say in preDispatch() hook, you want the change to appear.

I hope I didn't confuse you further :-)

ashish sood

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From: Rishi Daryanani <rishijd@yahoo.com>
To: fw-mvc@lists.zend.com
Sent: Mon, August 9, 2010 11:44:10 AM
Subject: Re: [fw-mvc] View Helper classes - help! 'Plugin by name... not found in the registry'

Hi Mon,
Thanks very much :-) Worked great! Quick question, should the following code:
$this->addHelperPath('../application/views/helpers/', 'My_View_Helper');
be called in the view index.phtml file, or should it be called in bootstrap or a controller file? If so, how? (e.g. how do I reference the view, if it were on the bootstrap?)
It's not a big deal at the moment but I just want to follow the standard.

Many thanks,
Rishi

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From: Mon Zafra <monzee@gmail.com>
To: fw-mvc@lists.zend.com
Sent: Mon, August 9, 2010 5:41:33 PM
Subject: Re: [fw-mvc] View Helper classes - help! 'Plugin by name... not found in the registry'

The second argument to addHelperPath should just be 'My_View_Helper'.

    -- Mon

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Rishi Daryanani <rishijd@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi all,

This is probably an easy one but I am really confused. I am trying to use a helper for the first time on my zend-framework based site, and I've followed the example on
http://devzone.zend.com/article/3412

My new helper is called CoremetricsTags.php, and it is in the /application/views/helpers/ directory,
and it has the following code (sample):
[PHP]
require_once 'Zend/View/Helper/Abstract.php';
class My_View_Helper_CoremetricsTags extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract {
   public function coremetricsTags()
    {
        // build the element
        $xhtml = 'test';    
        return $xhtml;
    }
}
[/PHP]

My view index.phtml is calling the helper as follows as a test:
[PHP]
$this->coremetricsTags("coremetrics");
[/PHP]

And this generates an error from the error.phtml file, as follows:
Message: Plugin by name 'CoremetricsTags' was not found in the registry; used paths: My_View_Helper_CoremetricsTags_: ../application/views/helpers/ Zend_View_Helper_: Zend/View/Helper/:../application/views/helpers/

I'm not sure why it happens. I'm a little confused by the addHelperPath and where to use it, but I did do this but it didn't solve the problem (no real effect):
[PHP]
$this->addHelperPath('../application/views/helpers/', 'My_View_Helper_CoremetricsTags');

[/PHP]

Can anyone help?

Many thanks,
Rishi