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08-21-2008, 05:33 PM

[eluser]fesweb[/eluser]
Here's a simplified version of what I've just (finally) arrived at...

Master template (views/templates/master_page):

Code:
&lt;html&gt;

 &lt;body&gt;

  <div id="main-content">

   &lt;?php if($content_main) echo $content_main; ?&gt;

  </div>

 &lt;/body&gt;

&lt;/html&gt;

In whatever controller you are working with:

Code:
// get  some data

$data = $some_query->result();

// %%%%% the IMPORTANT bit %%%%%

// write the results to a variable (string), rather than output them to the browser

// to do that you must pass TRUE as the third parameter when loading the view

$output['content_main'] = $this->load->view('list_partial', $data, TRUE);

// then load the master page view, passing the html with $output 

$this->load->view('templates/master_page', $output);

So, we write our actual content to a variable as a string of html, then we can echo that html in the master template.

This is undocumented on the "Views" page of the user guide, but I learned (afterward) that it's covered on the loader page.

You can do this with as many sections as you like, and load different master pages depending on your needs (ex: templates/master_2column, templates/master_3column, etc).

Master:

Code:
&lt;html&gt;

 &lt;body&gt;

  <div id="nav-content">

   &lt;?php if($content_nav) echo $content_top; ?&gt;

  </div>

  <div id="main-content">

   &lt;?php if($content_main) echo $content_main; ?&gt;

  </div>

  <div id="sidebar">

   &lt;?php if($content_sidebar) echo $content_sidebar; ?&gt;

  </div>

 &lt;/body&gt;

&lt;/html&gt;

Controller:

Code:
$data = $some_query->result();

$output['content_nav'] = $this->some_model->make_nav();

$output['content_main'] = $this->load->view('list_partial', $data, TRUE);

$output['content_sidebar'] = 'whatever kind of thing you like';

$this->load->view('templates/master_page', $output);

Hope that helps.