This module make you use Twig for View of ZendFramework. You have to install Twig before you use this class. INSTALL You put this class on include path directory. ex) /usr/share/pear/Zend/View/Twig.php SYNOPSYS [directories example.] public_html cache application Initializer.php default controlles IndexController.php views layouts main.html scripts index index.html [application/Initializer.php] public function preDispatch(Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request) { $this->initView($request->getModuleName()); } public function initView($module) { $base_path = '../application/'. $module .'/views'; $view = new Zend_View_Twig($base_path, array('custom_path' => 'scripts', 'cache_path' => '../cache' )); $viewRenderer = Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::getStaticHelper('ViewRenderer'); $viewRenderer->setView($view) ->setViewBasePathSpec($view->template_dir) ->setViewScriptPathSpec(':controller/:action.:suffix') ->setViewScriptPathNoControllerSpec(':action.:suffix') ->setViewSuffix('html') ; } [application/default/IndexController.php] public function indexAction() { $data = array( 'version' => array( 'php' => phpversion(), 'zend' => Zend_Version::VERSION, ) ); $this->view->assign($data); $this->view->assign('test', 'Hello world.'); // $this->getHelper('viewRenderer')->setNoController()->setScriptAction('index/index'); } [application/default/views/scripts/index.html] {% extends "layouts/main.html" %} {% block body %} PHP Version:{{ version.php }} ZendFramework Version:{{ version.zend }} {{test}} {% endblock %} [application/default/views/layouts/main.html] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link href="/css/common.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /></head> <body> <div id="header"> <h1>Zend_View_Twig</h1> </div> {% block body %}{% endblock %} </body> </html> SEE ALSO Twig - The flexible, fast, and secure template language for PHP</a> http://www.twig-project.org/