Added View::assign()

README.md

@@ -106,6 +106,18 @@ class ArticlesController extends Controller
 > **Note:** The `model` getter is provided by the [icanboogie/module][] package, and is only
 available if the route has a `module` property, which is automatic for routes defined by modules.
 
+The `assign()` method may be used to assign multiple values to the view with a single call:
+
+```php
+<?php
+
+$content = new SignupForm;
+$title = "Sign up";
+$params = $_POST;
+
+$this->view->assign(compact('content', 'title', 'params'));
+```
+
 
 
 

lib/View.php

@@ -329,6 +329,20 @@ public function offsetUnset($offset)
 		unset($this->variables[$offset]);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Assign multiple variables.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $variables
+	 *
+	 * @return $this
+	 */
+	public function assign(array $variables)
+	{
+		$this->variables = array_merge($this->variables, $variables);
+
+		return $this;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Resolve a template pathname from its name and type.
 	 *

tests/ViewTest.php

@@ -73,6 +73,21 @@ public function test_get_variables()
 		$this->assertEquals([ 'content' => $content, 'v1' => $v1, 'v2' => $v2, 'view' => $view ], $view->variables);
 	}
 
+	public function test_assign()
+	{
+		$controller = $this->controller;
+		$content = self::generate_bytes();
+		$v1 = self::generate_bytes();
+		$v2 = self::generate_bytes();
+
+		$view = new View($controller);
+		$view->assign(compact('content', 'v1', 'v2'));
+
+		$this->assertSame($content, $view->content);
+		$this->assertSame($content, $view['content']);
+		$this->assertEquals([ 'content' => $content, 'v1' => $v1, 'v2' => $v2, 'view' => $view ], $view->variables);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @dataProvider provide_test_get_template
 	 *