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<refentry xml:id="yaf-view-simple.assign" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>Yaf_View_Simple::assign</refname>
  <refpurpose>Assign values</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <modifier>public</modifier> <type>bool</type><methodname>Yaf_View_Simple::assign</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>name</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>mixed</type><parameter>value</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   assign variable to view engine
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><parameter>name</parameter></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
       A string or an array.
     </para>
     <para>
       if is string, then the next argument $value is required. 
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><parameter>value</parameter></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
       mixed value
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>

  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <example>
   <title><function>Yaf_View_Simple::assign</function>example</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
class IndexController extends Yaf_Controller_Abstract {
    public function indexAction() {
        $this->getView()->assign("foo", "bar");
        $this->_view->assign( array( "key" => "value", "name" => "value"));
    }
}
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
  <example>
   <title><function>template</function>example</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<html>
 <head>
  <title><?php echo $foo; ?></title>
 </head>  
<body>
  <?php 
    foreach ($this->_tpl_vars as $name => $value) {
         echo $$name; // or echo $this->_tpl_vars[$name];
    }
  ?>
</body>
</html>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <simplelist>
   <member><methodname>Yaf_View_Simple::assignRef</methodname></member>
   <member><methodname>Yaf_View_Interface::clear</methodname></member>
   <member><methodname>Yaf_View_Simple::__set</methodname></member>
  </simplelist>                       
 </refsect1>  

</refentry>

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