I have a patch (based on what I currently see in trunk, r23526) that implements the change:

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It uses platform neutral UTF-8 encoding and \n newlines.

--- Base (BASE) +++ Locally Modified (Based On LOCAL) @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ protected $_typeKeys = array('name', 'http-equiv', 'charset'); protected $_requiredKeys = array('content'); protected $_modifierKeys = array('lang', 'scheme'); + protected $_callPattern = '/^(?Pset|(pre|ap)pend|offsetSet)(?PName|HttpEquiv)$/';

 /**
  * @var string registry key

@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ */ public function __call($method, $args) { - if (preg_match('/^(?Pset|(pre|ap)pend|offsetSet)(?PName|HttpEquiv)$/', $method, $matches)) { + if (preg_match($this->_callPattern, $method, $matches)) { $action = $matches['action']; $type = $this->_normalizeType($matches['type']); $argc = count($args);

But I confess to being such a noob that I'm not sure that I even created/submitted the patch right. And I regret that I do not have unit-testing for the framework all set up on my dev environment. Please be kind. ;-)

I obviously botched the patch submission. Obviously needed some wiki markup. D'oh.

Trying again. As before, patch relative to r23526:

# This patch file was generated by NetBeans IDE
# It uses platform neutral UTF-8 encoding and \n newlines.
--- Base (BASE)
+++ Locally Modified (Based On LOCAL)
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     protected $_typeKeys     = array('name', 'http-equiv', 'charset');
     protected $_requiredKeys = array('content');
     protected $_modifierKeys = array('lang', 'scheme');
+    protected $_callPattern  = '/^(?Pset|(pre|ap)pend|offsetSet)(?PName|HttpEquiv)$/';
 
     /**
      * @var string registry key
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@
      */
     public function __call($method, $args)
     {
-        if (preg_match('/^(?Pset|(pre|ap)pend|offsetSet)(?PName|HttpEquiv)$/', $method, $matches)) {
+        if (preg_match($this->_callPattern, $method, $matches)) {
             $action = $matches['action'];
             $type   = $this->_normalizeType($matches['type']);
             $argc   = count($args);

Aaah, well that's a little better. ;-)

Correct spelling error in the title. (In the title, for crying out loud! I need to be more careful)

There is a method "appendProperty" in the headMeta helper that could be used for this Link to documentation that shows an example: http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/…

Unfotunatly it doesn't work because the helper only allows this for xhtml1_rdfa doctypes, if you want to use it on your html5 website because for example you want to include the facebook iLike button you should extend the headMeta helper and override the _isValid Method

i replaced those lines:

        //  is only supported with doctype RDFa
        if (!$this->view->doctype()->isRdfa()
            && $item->type === 'property') {
            return false;
        }

with these lines:

        //  is only supported with doctype RDFa and doctype HTML5
        if (!$this->view->doctype()->isRdfa() && $item->type === 'property' &&
            !$this->view->doctype()->isHtml5() && $item->type === 'property') {
            return false;
        }

you could use this code:

class myHeadMeta extends Zend_View_Helper_HeadMeta {

    /**
     * Determine if item is valid
     *
     * @param  mixed $item
     * @return boolean
     */
    protected function _isValid($item)
    {
        if ((!$item instanceof stdClass)
            || !isset($item->type)
            || !isset($item->modifiers))
        {
            return false;
        }

        if (!isset($item->content)
        && (! $this->view->doctype()->isHtml5()
        || (! $this->view->doctype()->isHtml5() && $item->type !== 'charset'))) {
            return false;
        }

        //  is only supported with doctype RDFa
        if (!$this->view->doctype()->isRdfa() && $item->type === 'property' &&
            !$this->view->doctype()->isHtml5() && $item->type === 'property') {
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }

}

Well, I'm clearly a total bonehead. I was looking at an earlier version.

[Side note: Pleased to see that the implementation of "appendProperty()" is pretty much as I was suggesting: per modification of the regex in the "__call()" method.]

Still, I guess this resolves the issue, eh?

Thanks and cheers!