(Yaf >=1.0.0)
Yaf_View_Simple::assign — Assign values
assign variable to view engine
nameA string or an array.
if is string, then the next argument $value is required.
valuemixed value
Example #1 Yaf_View_Simple::assign()example
<?php
class IndexController extends Yaf_Controller_Abstract {
    public function indexAction() {
        $this->getView()->assign("foo", "bar");
        $this->_view->assign( array( "key" => "value", "name" => "value"));
    }
?>
Example #2 template()example
<html>
 <head>
  <title><?php echo $foo; ?></title>
 </head>  
<body>
  <?php 
    foreach ($this->_tpl_vars as $name => value) {
         echo $$name; // or echo $this->_tpl_vars[$name];
    }
  ?>
</body>
</html>