calling a public controller method from within a view

[eluser]bigtony[/eluser]
I agree will all the previous comments, but as an aside it's worth remembering that you can easily setup helpers with functions that do stuff useful for a view.

Here's an example:

Code:

/*
* Returns a formatted decimal value for viewing
*/
function format_decimal($value, $currency='£', $decimals=2) {
    return  $currency . number_format($value, $decimals);
}

Then in your view:

Code:

<p>The cost is &lt;?php format_decimal($some_value); ?&gt;, a great bargain!</p>

Which will produce something like "The cost is £1,234.56, a great bargain!"