When using application & application_php cookbooks, how can I access release_path & db host?

Say I have the following application:

application "hello_world"
path "/srv/hello_world"
repository "…"
php do
database_master_role "helloworld_db_master"
end
end

and I want to add a template that references the release_path & the db host. How can I refer to the host that the php resource calculates using find_database_server? How can I refer to the release_path that is constructed by the underlying deploy resource?

I did manage to get the host like this:

db_host = nil

application "hello_world"
path "/srv/hello_world"
php do
db_host = find_database_server(“kiwi_db_master”)
database_master_role "helloworld_db_master"
end
end

template “/tmp/test” do
variables(
:host => db_host
)
end

but I’m not sure if that is a good way.

the application resource defines a release_path method, but I could not figure out how to access it.

On a related note, what is the best way to share values between resources? with local variables as above?

Cheerio,

Michael Johnston
lastobelus@mac.com