View Object

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[h3]Introduction[/h3] This library provides you with a view object in which to build your page views from partials (blocks). The view object is available to controllers and models in your application to store data and add partials as needed.

Unlike other libraries and the native CI view loader, this view object does not create HTML until you use the render() method.

[h3]Source[/h3] [code] <?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed'); /**

• View Object

• Renders a layout with partials (blocks) inside.

• Renders partials only (header, content, footer. etc).

• Allows a plugin or module object to render a partial.

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• THE SOFTWARE. **/ class View { public $layout; private static $partials = array(), $vars = array();

  public function __construct($file = NULL, $data = NULL) /* assign a template & data */ { $this->layout = $file; if (is_array($data)) $this->set($data); }

  public function load($view, $template = NULL, $data = NULL) /* add a partial & data */ { if ( ! isset(self::$partials[$view])) { self::$partials[$view] = (is_object($template)) ? $template : new self($template); if (is_array($data)) self::$partials[$view]->set($data); }

   return self::$partials[$view];
  

  }

  public function __set($partial, $template = NULL) { return $this->load($partial, $template); }

  public function set($var, $value = NULL) /* store data for this view */ { ($var) ? (is_array($var)) ? self::$vars = $var : self::$vars[$var] = $value : NULL; }

  public function __get($partial) { return (isset(self::$partials[$partial])) ? self::$partials[$partial] : NULL; }

  public function get($var = NULL) /* returns data value(s) */ { return ($var) ? (isset(self::$vars[$var])) ? self::$vars[$var] : NULL : self::$vars; }

  public function __toString() {
  return $this->render(TRUE); }

  public function render($render = FALSE) /* render the view */ { $ci = get_instance();
  $ci->load->vars(self::$partials);

   if ($this->layout)
   {
       return $ci->load->view($this->layout, self::$vars, $render);
   }
   else 
   {
       ob_start();
       
       foreach(self::$partials as $partial) 
       {
           $partial->render(self::$vars);
       }
           
       if ($render) return ob_get_clean();
       
       echo ob_get_clean();
   }
  

  } } [/code]

[h3]Usage[/h3]

[h4]Example usage in controller[/h4] [code]$this->load->library('view'); // or autoload

$this->view->layout = 'admin/layout'; //or leave empty to render partials only

$this->view->set(array( // set the view data 'privileges' => $privileges, 'catcode' => -1, 'page' => $page,
));

$this->view->load('header','common/header'); // load the partial

$this->view->menu = 'admin/menu'; // or load the partial like this

$this->view->content = 'admin/'.$page;

$this->view->load('footer', 'common/footer');

$this->view->render(); // create the view or $example = $this->view->render(TRUE) // assign to a variable[/code]

[h4]Example usage in layout using partials[/h4] [code]<? $header->render(); ?>

<body> <? $menu->render(); ?>

<? $content->render(); ?>

</body>

<? $footer->render(); ?>[/code]