<p>I do not believe that it is necessary to be extending Zend_View_Helper_Placeholder_Container_Standalone</p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51);">I propose to do a simpler implementation. Instead of passing always the array to the constructor, pass the values with a special method ('assign') and retrieve the next one using another method called 'next', 'get' or whatever you want.</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51);">The example would be like this:</span></p>
<ac:macro ac:name="code"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
<?php this->Cycle()>assign(array('#fefefe', '#acacac')) ?><tr> <?php foreach($recordset as $row) : ?><td style="background-color:<?php echo $this>Cycle()->next() ?>"> ... bla bla ...</td><?php endforeach; ?></tr>  
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:macro>

<p>I agree with Xaview I think that the posibility to earn next,previous,current, first and last value can by quite handy.</p>

<ac:macro ac:name="note"><ac:parameter ac:name="title">Zend Comment</ac:parameter><ac:rich-text-body>
<p>This component is approved for development in standard/incubator, with the<br />
following notes/caveats:</p>

<ul>
<li>Please do not extend the base placeholder helper. We feel this would limit use cases, such as when a developer wishes to have multiple cycle objects in play at once.</li>
<li>Please add an accessor for adding cycle arguments, and make passing them to the helper optional. This will promote re-use of cycle objects within view scripts.</li>
</ul>
</ac:rich-text-body></ac:macro>

<p>Has this proposal been abandoned? Please reply here.</p>

<p>Code (class, tests and docs) is in incubator, but i have to do some changes, improvments ,I will finish it in few days </p>

<p>Wil, I have finished the code , the helper is ready to use, (tests and docs are also in incubator)</p>

<p>Great! Can you please work with MAtthew to make sure it gets promoted to trunk ASAP. I want to make sure this gets in 1.8. <ac:emoticon ac:name="smile" /></p>

<p>,Wil</p>