class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap {
  protected function _initDoctype() {
    $this->bootstrap ( 'view' );
    $view = $this->getResource ( 'view' );
    $view->doctype ( 'XHTML1_STRICT' );
  }
  protected function _initView() {
    $view = new Zend_View ();
    $view->setEncoding ( 'UTF-8' );
    $view->doctype ( 'XHTML1_STRICT' );
    $view->addHelperPath('../application/views/helpers', 'My_View_Helper');
    $viewRenderer = new Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ViewRenderer();
    Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::addHelper($viewRenderer);
    $viewRenderer->setView($view);
    return $view;
  }
}

class Zend_View_Helper_Img extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
{
  public function img()
  {
    return "this is a img";
  }
}

class My_View_Helper_TestHelper extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
{
  public function testHelper()
  {
    return "this is a TestHelper";
  }
}

<?php echo $this->doctype() ?>
<?php echo $this->img() ?>
<?php echo $this->testHelper() ?>

class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap {
 protected function _initDoctype() {
 $this->bootstrap ( 'view' );
 $view = $this->getResource ( 'view' );
 $view->doctype ( 'XHTML1_STRICT' );
 }
 protected function _initView() {
 $view = new Zend_View ();
 $view->setEncoding ( 'UTF-8' );
 $view->doctype ( 'XHTML1_STRICT' );
 $options = $this->getOptions ();
 $viewOptions = $options ['resources']['view']['helperPath'];
 if (is_array ($viewOptions)) {
  foreach($viewOptions as $helperName =>$path)
  {
  $view->addHelperPath ( $path, $helperName );
  }
 }
 $viewRenderer = new Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ViewRenderer ();
 Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::addHelper ( $viewRenderer );
 $viewRenderer->setView ( $view );
 return $view;
 }
}

[production]
phpSettings.display_startup_errors = 1
phpSettings.display_errors = 1
includePaths.library = APPLICATION_PATH "/../library"
bootstrap.path = APPLICATION_PATH "/Bootstrap.php"
bootstrap.class = "Bootstrap"
appnamespace = "Application"
resources.view[] =
resources.view.helperPath.My_View_Helper = "../application/views/helpers"
resources.frontController.controllerDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH "/controllers"
resources.frontController.params.displayExceptions = 1
[staging : production]
[testing : production]
phpSettings.display_startup_errors = 1
phpSettings.display_errors = 1
[development : production]
phpSettings.display_startup_errors = 1
phpSettings.display_errors = 1
resources.frontController.params.displayExceptions = 1