Problem: When rendering an action's view script from a different action, the view variables that normally would exist are never initialized.
For example, indexAction creates a form it's view script and at least one other variable for the view:
public function indexAction()
{
$this->view->runs = array();
$contactForm = $this->_getContactForm();
$this->view->contactForm = $contactForm;
$dbAdapter = $this->getInvokeArg('bootstrap')->getResource('db');
$runGateway = new Model_RunGateway(array('dbAdapter' => $dbAdapter));
$runs = array();
$runs = $runGateway->getRuns();
$this->view->runs = $runs; // Will be lost if another action calls $this->render('index')
}
The form's action is contactprocessAction() ('/index/contactprocess/'). The form is submitted and is not valid. I can assign the $form to a view variable and render the original 'index' view.
public function contactprocessAction()
{
$this->view->valid = false;
$request = $this->getRequest();
$form = $this->_getContactForm();
if (!$form->isValid($request->getPost())) {
$this->view->contactForm = $form; // $this->contactForm is in the view, but no other vars are.
return $this->render('index');
}
}
But, the other view variables that would normally be created when indexAction is called, do not get created.
What do you think is the best way to deal with this?
