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Building a master page. - El Forum - 02-09-2010
[eluser]ronn[/eluser]
I'm attempting to mimic a master page concept. What I want to do is create a master view complete with header, navigation, and footer. Then when I call another view such as landing_view. I would like my page to pull in the master page and render as a complete page. So the landing_view would just have the content specific to the landing page, and pull in the master header, footer, and navigation. How would this be done in CodeIgniter? I hope I'm explaining this well.
Building a master page. - El Forum - 02-09-2010
[eluser]eoinmcg[/eluser]
If I understand correctly...
views/master.php
Code:
<?php $this->load->view('header'); ?>
<?php $this->load->view('nav'); ?>
<?php
if(isset($view))
{
$this->load->view($view);
}
?>
<?php $this->load->view('footer'); ?>and from your various controllers:
Code:
$data['view'] = 'path/to/view';
$this->load->vars($data);
$this->load->view('master', $data);Building a master page. - El Forum - 02-09-2010
[eluser]ronn[/eluser]
Yes, that will work, but it will not change the url correct. It will always show under the /master url, correct? Is there anyway to do it that way and still change the url?
Building a master page. - El Forum - 02-09-2010
[eluser]eoinmcg[/eluser]
No, it won't change the url at all. Take a look at http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/general/urls.html
Each controller/method can load the master view and pass a view to be loaded.
For example if you have a News controller with an 'archive' method:
Code:
class News extends Controller
{
// constructor etc
// our archive method
function view()
{
// do your thing here
$data['view'] = 'news/archive';
$this->load->vars($data);
$this->load->view('master');
}
}http://yoursite/news/archive
If that's still not clear, browse through the user guide and take a look at http://codeigniter.com/tutorials/
Good luck
Building a master page. - El Forum - 02-09-2010
[eluser]ronn[/eluser]
Thanks eoinmcg. That helps me out greatly.