getView() returns NULL in zend framework 2 Custom Form View Helper

Question

Trying to get the view object from a view helper so I can render a certain partial. but All I get is NULL here is the code namespace App\Form\View\Helper;

use Zend\Form\View\Helper\AbstractHelper;
use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormInput;
use Zend\Form\ElementInterface;
class FormDate2 extends AbstractHelper
{
    protected $script = 'element-decorators/date-picker';

    public function render(ElementInterface $element, $formType = null, array $displayOptions = array())
    {
        echo '<pre>';var_dump($this->getView());echo '</pre>';die();
    }
}

How are you testing the helper to determine that the view object is null? — Crisp, May 13 '13 at 11:43
The process is as follows, a FormRow Helper renders the element view parts, and getting the element html through the element's helper which is the one posted above — Omar, May 13 '13 at 12:31

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 13 '13 at 12:28

Found a solution, Not sure if it is the best one, If anyone got a better one please post above

Here it goes, retrieve the view renderer from the Di

    public function __construct()
    {
        if($this->getView() == NULL){
            $di = new Di();
            $view = $di->get('Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer');
            $this->setView($view);
        }
    }

getView() returns NULL in zend framework 2 Custom Form View Helper

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