Zend Framework - How can i share common code between some of a controller's actions?
zend-controller, zend-framework
Solution
I don't recommend you to use a base controller. It's overkilling and heavy for such a small task. Since you want to share common code within one controller, use instead an action helper and a class attribute `$columns` that you can send as argument to your action helper.
Read more about action helpers here.
Action Helpers allow developers to inject runtime and/or on-demand functionality into any Action Controllers that extend Zend_Controller_Action. Action Helpers aim to minimize the necessity to extend the abstract Action Controller in order to inject common Action Controller functionality.
Problem
To keep my controllers as DRY as possible i need to share some common code (a big chunk of code) between say 2 of my controller's actions and not all of them and i need access variables in this shared code in my actions. For example: ``` class FirstController extends Zend_Controller_Action { public function firstAction() { //common code here: contains an array $columns } public function secondAction() { //common code here: contains an array $columns also } //other actions } ``` so how can I refactor this to put the common code in one place and be able to access `$columns` and in `firstAction()` and `secondAction()`. Thanks.