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How do use includes? - El Forum - 11-07-2008
[eluser]Nathan Payne[/eluser]
Hey,
I am new to code igniter and want to know how I use includes.
I have started building a web page but don't want to replicate every line of code so includes are the best answer, but how do I use them with code igniter?
Thanks
How do use includes? - El Forum - 11-07-2008
[eluser]bastones[/eluser]
You can call functions from within your controller like $this->functionName(); such as:
Code:
<?php
class Blog extends Controller {
public function index() {
echo 'hello world!';
}
public function register() {
$this->index(); // output: hello world
}
}
?>How do use includes? - El Forum - 11-07-2008
[eluser]Nathan Payne[/eluser]
I meant in terms of headers and footers. Thanks though.
How do use includes? - El Forum - 11-07-2008
[eluser]bastones[/eluser]
Ah. If you want specific functions to point to specific views you use something like this:
Code:
<?php
$array=array('var'=>'Headers','var1'=>'Footers');
$this->load->view('view_file_name',$array) // dont include the .php extension
?>Remember the array elements become variables, so to get the array contents you use: echo $var;
How do use includes? - El Forum - 11-07-2008
[eluser]Aken[/eluser]
Yeah, just create views for your header and footer files, then call them in your controllers.
How do use includes? - El Forum - 11-08-2008
[eluser]Steve Grant[/eluser]
The way I do it is to have all output directed to a single view file, which includes a number of generic "component" files. In the controller, I then pass an array of files which contain the *actual* page content (i.e. stuff that is specific to the particular page you're viewing) and one of the "component" files contains a foreach loop on that file list to recursively include the files in the list.
File Structure:
Code:
views/
- index.php (single view file)
- global/
--- header.php (globally-included page header)
--- footer.php (globally-included page footer)
--- content.php (globally-included page "content")
- content/
--- controller1/
----- controller1_action1_init.php
----- controller1_action1_error.php
----- controller1_action1_done.php
--- controller2/
----- controller2_action1_init.php
----- controller2_action2_init.phpController (extract):
Code:
function index()
{
$this->data['file_list'][] = $view_path . '/content/controller1/controller1_action1_init.php';
// if we want to add more content, we can do... this allows us to separate
// the page into manageable blocks
$this->data['file_list'][] = $view_path . '/content/controller1/controller1_action1_done.php';
// load the view
$this->load->view('index', $this->data);
}Single view file:
Code:
<html>
<?php include_once('global/header.php'); ?>
<?php include_once('global/content.php'); ?>
<?php include_once('global/footer.php'); ?>
</html>Content file:
Code:
<?php
foreach($file_list as $file)
{
include_once($file);
}
?>