Zend Framework - need to access a GET parameter from a view

If you need to access a GET parameter from a view, i think you're doing it the wrong way.

I suggest that you set up a route with all your parameters, and then use $this->url from your view to render a valid and correct url.

Fore som more info, check out the following blog post (no, i'm not the author): http://naneau.nl/2007/07/08/use-the-url-view-helper-please/

Edit:

If you want to be 'lazy', you can set a view parameter from your controller by doing $this->view->param = $this->_getParam('param'). You can then access param from your view by doing echo $this->param;. However, i do not recommend this.

To access a request variable direct in the view you could do:

Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->getRequest()->getParam('key');

But as others have said, this is not a good idea. It may be easier, but consider other options:

• set the view variable in the controller
• write a view helper that pulls the variable from the request object