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elserra · 04-12-2020, 10:42 PM

Hi everybody,

I've been struggling on how or when to use which type of view. I understand the differences and I think I know how to use them but it is unclear to me what the benefits are.

Let's say I have the structure as follows:
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| Navbar |
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| Main |
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| Footer |
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What is the difference between using those structures?

1: 3 php files
echo view(navbar.php, $data1)
echo view(main.php, $data2)
echo view(footer.php, $data1)

2: 1 main.php + view_cells
main.php:
[...]
<body>
<?= view_cell('App\Libraries\ViewComponents::getNavbar', '$data1') ?>
<?= view_cell('App\Libraries\ViewComponents::getMain', '$data2') ?>
<?= view_cell('App\Libraries\ViewComponents::getFooter', '$data1') ?>
</body>

3: Sections
main.php
[...]
<body>
<?= this->renderSection('page_body') ?>
<?= this->renderSection('page_body') ?>
<?= this->renderSection('page_footer') ?>
</body>