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Dynamic header & nav menu: how to handle them? - El Forum - 07-25-2012
[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Hello everybody, I'm new to CI and I have to start a simple project.
I have a standard template for the 95% of my pages: header, horizontal nav menu, body and footer.
I read everything about templating, but there is always something that I cannot understand.
My menu is not a static menu: it's a megamenu that requires some query every time.
And in my header I have a dynamic top bar with some notification icons (like in Facebook) that requires query too...
The question is: have I to add all the queries, for the header and the menu, in every controller that call the pages with an header and a menu?
Or there is a smart way to do this?
Thank you
Dynamic header & nav menu: how to handle them? - El Forum - 07-25-2012
[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Hello,
One way you could do this is to make a MY_Controller file and in the contructor have it run the query and assign it to a variable like so:
Code:
class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller
{
function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->model('headermodel');
$this->headerstuff = $this->headermodel->get_header_features();
}
}You would then extend all your controllers to use My_Controller like so:
Code:
class Yourcontroller extends MY_Controller {
}You can then access the stuff in headerstuff like so if your model sends it back as needed:
Code:
$this->headerstuff ['someheaderpart']This is how I would approach it. They may be another way that is easier but this is how I make my configuration options available in all controllers.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Ray
Dynamic header & nav menu: how to handle them? - El Forum - 07-26-2012
[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]
Code:
class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$data = array(
'header' => $your_header,
'nav_menu' => $menu
);
$this->load->vars($data);
}
}Now you can access it just like any other view variable using $header etc;