Zend Framework View Helper for Smarty Cycle
December 09, 08 by Gabi SolomonAs i stated in a recent post i am now starting to learn Zend Framework. And with all new things that you learn, you try to find the old ways ( at least i do 
).
So today i was trying to find a method of creating a zebra table. The old way i used to this back when i was using smarty is by using the cycle custom function. Basically it will just alternate through a set of values to create the effect.
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{section name=rows loop=$data}
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<tr bgcolor="{cycle values="#eeeeee,#d0d0d0"}">
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<td>{$data[rows]}</td>
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</tr>
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{/section}
Then when i moved on and stop using smarty, i wrote a similar function for my template engine.
So now i am looking for a similar solution on Zend Framework. Luckily for me some bright fellows have already thought of me .
In the zend wiki there is a Zend_View_Helper_Cycle Component Proposal that does exacly what i was wishing for .
Heres an example of how you can use it:
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<?php foreach ($this->books as $book):?>
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<tr style="background-color:<?=$cycle->next()?>">
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<td><?=$this->escape($book['author']) ?></td>
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</tr>
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<?php endforeach;?>
The proposal has been approved for development in standard/incubator.
You can download it from here.
Cheers.
