title: Loading view file into a variable in Zend Framework
body: <p>I am trying to send mail using mail templates. To do this I want to load a .tpl into a variable. Instead of loading an HTML file and substituting placeholders, I wonder if it is possible to set values of the view in the controller, and then load this view into a variable. This way I would have a variable containing the HTML mail filled out with the information set in the controller prior to loading the view.</p>
  
  <p>Any alternatives are also welcome, I mean, if there are already ways of doing mail templating in a more standardized way.</p>