/application/controller/UserController.php

<?php

class UserController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{

    public function init()
    {
        /* Initialize action controller here */
    }

    public function indexAction()
    {
        // action body
    }

    public function frankAction()
    {
        // action body
    }

    private function viewAction($var = null) {// renders via the /views/scripts/user/user.phtml template
        $var = $var? $var: 'user';
        $this->render($var);
    }

    public function __call($method,$args) {
        // $method is the method name (whose name contains 'Action')
        $username=ucwords(substr($method,0, -6));  // so we remove 'Action' from the end
        $this->view->username=$username;
        $this->countformfieldsAction();
        $this->viewAction();
    }

    public function newuserAction() {// renders application/views/scripts/user/user.phtml
        $payload = $this->getRequest()->getPost();
        $this->view->username = $payload['newuser'];
        $this->viewAction();
    }

    public function countformfieldsAction(){
        // action body
        $formfieldCounter = $this->_helper->getHelper('FormfieldCounter');
        $count = $formfieldCounter->count( $this->view->render('users/new-user.phtml'));
        //$this->view->count = $count;
        $this->view->count = 5;  // for testting ##
    }

    public function newuserdataAction() {// renders application/views/scripts/user/user.phtml
        $payload = $this->getRequest()->getPost();
        $this->view->username = $payload['newuser'];
        $this->viewAction();
    }

}