The assignRef purpose

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# Yaf_View_Simple::assignRef

(Yaf >=1.0.0)

Yaf_View_Simple::assignRef — The assignRef purpose

### Description

public Yaf_View_Simple::assignRef(string `$name`, mixed `&$value`): bool

unlike Yaf_View_Simple::assign(), this method assign a ref value to engine.

### Parameters

`name`

  A string name which will be used to access the value in the tempalte.

`value`

  mixed value

### Return Values

### Examples

Example #1 Yaf_View_Simple::assignRef()example

    <?phpclass IndexController extends Yaf_Controller_Abstract {    public function indexAction() {        $value = "bar";        $this->getView()->assign("foo", $value);        /* plz note that there was a bug before Yaf 2.1.4,          * which make following output "bar";         */        $dummy = $this->getView()->render("index/index.phtml");        echo $value;        //prevent the auto-render        Yaf_Dispatcher::getInstance()->autoRender(FALSE);    }}?>

Example #2 template()example

    <html> <head>  <title><?php echo $foo;  $foo = "changed"; ?></title> </head>  <body></body></html>

The above example will output something similar to:

    /* access the index controller will result: */
    changed

### See Also

- Yaf_View_Simple::assign() - Assign values
- Yaf_View_Simple::__set() - Set value to engine