Putting the View back into MVC.

[eluser]Pygon[/eluser]
No I understand xwero -- was just a comment -- but yes I think it should (atleast for me).

I much prefer the idea of a view object that has methods for loading files / rendering output etc. I find this would be far, far easier to extend to use templating systems, and to be able to contain more coherent logic than the procedural php of current view files. I also think that this would allow you to group similar views that may have the same general layout -- ala:

Code:

class View_Comments extends View_Layout {
  
   function View_Comments($method){
       parent::View_Layout();
       $data['body'] = $this->{strtolower($method)}();
       $this->render($data);
   }

   //Individual functions
   function success(){
       ###Get Data from Model and ###
       $mydata['message'] = $this->lang->line('comment_success');
       $mydata['comments'] = $this->comments->get();
       return $this->loadView('comment_success.tpl',$mydata);
   }

   function error(){
       //like the above
   }

}

Like I said though, it's pretty much all subjective but this would be my preference.