Loading views within a view file

[eluser]sophistry[/eluser]
@Colin Williams... I'd submit that using $this->load->vars() CI loader method is "simpler" than adding a class variable to your controller. And it's shorter. Unless by "simpler" you mean "I prefer it" ;-)

This shows a typical use (used in the constructor) of the vars() method of the Loader class. And, incidentally, it's also the way I prefer to do this sort of thing. Thanks Colin for a nice Template to work from! :-)

Code:

class Blog extends Controller {
      
   function Blog()
   {
      parent::Controller();
      // load entire view output into object scope
      $this->load->vars( array(
         'header' => $this->load->view('header', '', TRUE),
         'footer' => $this->load->view('footer', '', TRUE)
      ));
   }
  
   function index()
   {
      $data['blogs'] = $this->blog_model->get_recent(5);
      $data['content'] = $this->load->view('blog/front', $data, TRUE);
      $this->load->view('template', $data);
   }
  
}