Where is the best place to load view for header.

[eluser]mrwbsn[/eluser]
hello all.. sorry for this basic question, i want to know where the best place to load view header?! i usually load it in function construct,but when i dont need header i must make a new controller to solve this.any suggestion to make it more better.. thx.

[eluser]CroNiX[/eluser]
I make a library that puts the header and footer automatically, which I autoload. Then in my controllers I just send my "content" view to the library which outputs the header, footer, login modules, widgets, etc., which are generated dynamically. There are several ways to achieve this. I want my controllers to ONLY deal with the functionality of those controllers.

Simple version of the library:

Code:

class Template
{
    
    function Template()
    {
        $this->CI =& get_instance();
    }

    function make_front($page_title, $page_h1, $meta_keywords, $meta_description, $content)
    {
        
        //assemble the header
        $head['page_title'] = $page_title;
        $head['page_h1'] = $page_h1;
        $head['meta_description'] = $meta_description;
        $head['meta_keywords'] = $meta_keywords;
        $header = $this->CI->load->view('frontend/header', $head, TRUE);
        
                //assemble footer
        $foot['states'] = $this->get_states();
        $footer = $this->CI->load->view('frontend/footer', $foot, TRUE);
        
        $out = $header . $content . $footer;
        $this->CI->output->set_output($out);
    }
}

Then in my controller, I just pass the view being generated by that controller to the template, which tacks on the header and footer:

Code:

$content = $this->load->view('my_content', $data, TRUE);
$this->template->make_front('page title', 'page H1', 'keywords', 'description', $content);

[eluser]CroNiX[/eluser]
And you could always set up parameters to pass along to the library which tell it to output the header, or not.

[eluser]mrwbsn[/eluser]
wohoo thx for the library mate. i'll try this!!