Using Nested MVC for View partials (Updated)

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This is the menu plugin (application/plugins/menu_pi.php) acting as a controller.

Code:

<?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Menu //plugin acting as psuedo-controller
{
    var $view;
    
    function Menu()
    {
        $this->view  = new View('admin/menu');
    }
    
    function render()    //all partials require a render() method
    {
        $menu = new Menus_model();
        
        extract($this->view->data); // grab the menu setup from the View
        
        $this->view->set(array(     // build the menu parts
            'shop_menu'     => $model->shop_menu(),
            'users_menu'    => $model->users_menu($access_level, $catcode),
            'category_menu' => $model->category_menu($page, $catcode),
        ));
        
        $this->view->render();
    }
}

When the application View Object is told to render() it automatically calls the menu->render() function.