(Yaf >=1.0.0)
Yaf_View_Simple::assignRef — The assignRef purpose
unlike Yaf_View_Simple::assign(), this method assign a ref value to engine.
nameA string name which will be used to access the value in the tempalte.
valuemixed value
Example #1 Yaf_View_Simple::assignRef()example
<?php
class IndexController extends Yaf_Controller_Abstract {
    public function indexAction() {
        $value = "bar";
        $this->getView()->assign("foo", $value);
        /* plz note that there was a bug before Yaf 2.1.4, 
         * which make following output "bar";
         */
        $dummy = $this->getView()->render("index/index.phtml");
        echo $value;
        //prevent the auto-render
        Yaf_Dispatcher::getInstance()->autoRender(FALSE);
    }
?>
Example #2 template()example
<html>
 <head>
  <title><?php echo $foo;  $foo = "changed"; ?></title>
 </head>  
<body>
</body>
</html>
The above example will output something similar to:
/* access the index controller will result: */ changed