Zend Framework - Passing a variable request in controller - zend-framework

Question

In one of these php frameworks I've noticed a posibility to request the object Request in action as $this->request->paramName
class MyRequest extends Zend_Controller_Request_Http{
public $params = array();
public function __construct() {
$this->params = $this->getParams();
parent::__construct();
}
public function __get($name) {
if (isset($this->_params[$name])) {
return $this->_params[$name];
}
}
public function __isset($name) {
return isset($this->_params[$name]);
}
}
in MyController I've added variable request
public $request = null;
How can I change that standart Request to my one?
public function __construct(
Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request,
Zend_Controller_Response_Abstract $response,
array $invokeArgs = array()) {
$request = new MyRequest();
parent::__construct($request, $response, $invokeArgs);
$this->request = $this->getRequest();
}
This function has given no results.
Option 1 is make method _initRequest() in bootstrap:
protected function _initRequest() {
$this->bootstrap ( 'FrontController' );
$front = $this->getResource ( 'FrontController' );
$request = $front->getRequest ();
if (null === $front->getRequest ()) {
$request = new MyRequest();
$front->setRequest ( $request );
}
return $request;
}

Answer 1

A bit dirty and untested solution. Would love to hear if it works.
//Bootstrap:
public function _initRequest()
{
$this->bootstrap('frontController');
$front = $this->getResource('frontController');
$front->setRequest(new MyRequest());
}

Answer 2

Try this it might help you:
in controller file
public function exampleAction(){
$result = $this->_request;
$model = new Employer_Model_JobInfo();
$results = $model->sample($result);
}
// the above line stores the values sent from the client side in $result.then sends that values to Model file with parameter $result ..
in model file
class Employer_Model_JobInfo extends Gears_Db_Table_Abstract{
public function sample($param){
$paramVal = $param->getParam('name');
$paramVal1 = $param->getParam('email');
}
}
The name and email are what name used to sent the data from client to server.