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Layout Class - El Forum - 05-06-2012
[eluser]John Nickell[/eluser]
Greetings all,
I am still fairly new to CodeIgniter, but I love what I've been able to do with it so far.
Hopefully my first CodeIgniter library can help someone else, as well.
I know that CodeIgniter already has the ability to load view partials. Also, after looking at some of the templating engines out there, I decided that I wanted to stick with PHP. I was still hoping for some furthur structure/separation.
This library was inspired by:
1. The NetTuts+ tutorial about creating a Layout Manager:
http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/how-to-create-a-layout-manager-with-codeigniter-new-premium-tutorial/
2. ASP.NET Master Pages
3. My previous experiences with templating solutions
The syntax I was looking for amounted to this:
Controller:
Code:
<?php
class home extends CI_Controller {
public function index()
{
$this->layout->setTitle('My Site', 'Welcome');
$this->layout->appendHeadLink('css/style.css');
$this->layout->view('home', $this->data);
}
}Layout:
Code:
<?php print $this->layout->html('doctype'); ?>
<html>
<head>
<title><?php print $this->layout->html('title'); ?></title>
<?php print $this->layout->html('headlink'); ?>
</head>
<body>
<?php print $this->layout->section('header'); ?>
<?php print $this->layout->section('content'); ?>
<?php print $this->layout->section('footer'); ?>
<?php print $this->layout->html('footscript'); ?>
</body>
</html>The final result is slightly different, but works very well for me so far.
If anyone here might get some use out of it, check it out here:
https://github.com/johnnickell/Layout-Class
Please let me know if you would have done it differently.
Any feedback positive or negative is appreciated.
Thanks!
John Nickell