Zend Framework: Zend_View_Helper_XmlDeclaration Component Proposal

Table of Contents

1. Overview

The xml declaration helper generates xml declarations (<?xml version="1.0" ?>) just like its name suggests. Whenever you are using PHP for templates, you should use the xmlDeclaration helper because of inconsistencies between environments. You'll never know if short tags is enabled or not which can cause errors with xml declarations.

2. References

• Zym Project XmlDeclaration Helper
• XmlDeclaration Helper

3. Component Requirements, Constraints, and Acceptance Criteria

• This component will output an xml declaration
• This component will allow specification of version, encoding and standalone attributes

4. Dependencies on Other Framework Components

5. Theory of Operation

Simply echo's an xml declaration

6. Milestones / Tasks

• Milestone 1: [DONE] Create proposal
• Milestone 2: [DONE] Working prototype, Documentation, Unit Tests
• Milestone 3: Working prototype checked into the incubator
• Milestone 4: Unit tests exist, work, and are checked into SVN.
• Milestone 5: Initial documentation exists.

7. Class Index

• Zend_View_Helper_XmlDeclaration

8. Use Cases

Since it is not always known whether shorttags is enabled or not.

9. Class Skeletons