[eluser]Bleeding Edge Productions[/eluser]
Hi guys,
Apologies for another best practice question. Assuming:
Code:
class Homepage extends MY_Controller {
/**
* Set page specific variables
*/
protected $page_id = 'pageidhere';
protected $parent_id = 'parentidhere';
protected $page_title = 'Page Title Goes Here';
protected $h1_text = 'Heading 1 Text';
protected $page_color = '#fff000';
protected $bg_position = '50px 200px';
protected $h1_margins = '60px 0px 40px 400px';
protected $meta_description = 'Meta description here.';
protected $meta_keywords = 'keywords, go, here';
protected $meta_robots = 'INDEX,FOLLOW';
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Constructor - inherits site-wide variables from MY_Controller.
*/
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Generate the page
*/
function index(){
/**
* Assign variables to the $pagevars array
*/
$pagevars['base'] = $this->base;
$pagevars['assets'] = $this->assets;
$pagevars['page_id'] = $this->page_id;
$pagevars['parent_id'] = $this->parent_id;
$pagevars['page_title'] = $this->page_title;
$pagevars['h1_text'] = $this->h1_text;
$pagevars['page_color'] = $this->page_color;
$pagevars['bg_position'] = $this->bg_position;
$pagevars['h1_margins'] = $this->h1_margins;
$pagevars['meta_description'] = $this->meta_description;
$pagevars['meta_keywords'] = $this->meta_keywords;
$pagevars['meta_robots'] = $this->meta_robots;
/**
* Load the view
*/
$this->load->view('homepage', $pagevars);
}
}
Is it best to set the variables as protected variables outside the index() function (as I have done here), rather than directly in $pagevars, or does it make no difference? I only have one page being rendered per controller, so there is no need to have the variables per-function.
Cheers!
Martin
