Zend_Application_Resource_View Zend_Application_Resource_View can be used to configure a Zend_View instance. Configuration options are per the Zend_View options. Once done configuring the view instance, it creates an instance of Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ViewRenderer and registers the ViewRenderer with Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker -- from which you may retrieve it later. Sample View resource configuration Below is a sample INI snippet showing how to configure the view resource. Defining doctype to use If you want to obtain more information about values, see Doctype Helper . Sample doctype configuration The following snippet shows how to set a doctype. Defining content type and encoding to use If you want to obtain more information about values, see HeadMeta Helper . Sample content type and encoding configuration The following snippet shows how to set a meta Content-Type. Sample encoding configuration for a HTML5 document The following snippet shows how to set a meta charset in HTML5-style.