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Controller Constants - El Forum - 05-05-2010
[eluser]BradEstey[/eluser]
Every page that I call needs to run the same model first to get the page header/meta tags/section id/page template/etc from the database. Currently I'm putting the same line of code at the top of every Controller Function to call that Model (Pageload->getPage()) and return the page info for that particular page. There has got to be an automated way to do this, does anyone know where?
Even if I have to call it once per Controller somehow, that would still be better than calling it for every function.
Code:
class Home extends Controller {
function Home()
{
parent::Controller();
session_start();
}
function index()
{
$data['pageinfo'] = $this->Pageload->getPage();
$data['load_js'] = array('jquery', 'reliant');
$this->load->view($data['pageinfo']->template, $data);
}
function contact()
{
$data['pageinfo'] = $this->Pageload->getPage();
$data['contact'] = $this->Contact->getAddress();
$data['load_js'] = array('jquery', 'reliant', 'googlemaps');
$this->load->view($data['pageinfo']->template, $data);
}
}Controller Constants - El Forum - 05-05-2010
[eluser]danmontgomery[/eluser]
You have a couple of options.
- Extend the controller class, call the code in the constructor of that base class so that it is automatically called whenever a controller extends the base class.
- Put it in the constructor of each controller that needs to call it.
Either way, the variable would need to be assigned to a class member, not a local variable.
Code:
class Home extends Controller {
function Home()
{
parent::Controller();
$this->pageinfo = $this->Pageload->getPage();
session_start();
}
function index()
{
$data['contact'] = $this->Contact->getAddress();
$data['load_js'] = array('jquery', 'reliant', 'googlemaps');
$this->load->view($this->pageinfo->template, $data);
}Controller Constants - El Forum - 05-05-2010
[eluser]BradEstey[/eluser]
Worked like a charm! I knew I would probably have to call it in the constructor but I wasn't sure how to pass those variables to all of the functions. I guess I overlooked the obvious!
Thanks noctrum!