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02-13-2012, 02:48 AM

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
I'm loading views from within views multiple times and to avoid rebuilding the data array i create a self-reference to it.

$data=array();
$data['data']=&$data;

then set some other values

$data[' .. ']= ...

then load the view

$this->load->view('view1',$data);

Inside view1 i have
<?php $this->load->view('view2',$data); ?>

Inside view2 i have
<?php $this->load->view('view3',$data); ?>

And in view3 i use some of the variables in $data.

My question is: are there any reasons not to use this method?

Code example below:

Controller

Code:
function index()

{

 $data=array();

 $data['data']=&$data;  // self reference that i use

        $data['page_title']='title';

        $data['footer_text']='bye';

        $data['js_files']=array();

        $data['js_files'][]='/etc/main.js';

        //etc..

 $this->load->view('page/index.php',$data);

}

View: page/index.php

Code:
$this->load->view('layout/header.php',$data);

...

<b>main body html</b>

...

View: layout/header.php

Code:
&lt;head&gt;&lt;title>

&lt;?php if(isset($page_title)) { echo $page_title; } else { echo ' Default Title '; } ?&gt;

&lt;/title&gt;

&lt;?php 

if(isset($js_files) && is_array($js_files)) {

   $this->load->view('layout/js_files.php',$data);

} 

?&gt;

&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body>

Thank you for your time!

02-13-2012, 07:43 AM

[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]
Controller:

Code:
function index()

{

    $data=array();

    $data['page_title']='title';

    $data['footer_text']='bye';

    $data['js_files']=array();

    $data['js_files'][]='/etc/main.js';

    //etc..

    $this->load->vars($data)    // makes it global to all views

    $this->load->view('page/index.php');

}

View: page/index.php

Code:
$this->load->view('layout/header.php');

...

<b>main body html</b>

...

View: layout/header.php

Code:
&lt;head&gt;

&lt;title&gt;&lt;?php if(isset($page_title)) { echo $page_title; } else { echo ' Default Title '; } ?&gt;&lt;/title&gt;

&lt;?php 

if(isset($js_files) && is_array($js_files)) {

   $this->load->view('layout/js_files.php');

} 

?&gt;

&lt;/head&gt;

&lt;body&gt;

02-21-2012, 08:08 PM

[eluser]wr5aw[/eluser]
I just posted a simple registry class on github. You can autoload it and use it as a global variable container.

Here's the CodeIgniter wiki page: http://codeigniter.com/wiki/Registry

After you load it, you can do this:

Code:
// store a value

$value = 'Hello World!' // mixed, can be anything

$this->registry->set('mykey', $value);

// retrieve a value

$myvar =  $this->registry->get('mykey');

// query the registry

if ($this->registry->contains('mykey'))

{

    // do something

}

// method chaining

$value1 = 'Hello World!'

$value2 = "It's a great day."

$this->registry

    ->set('mykey1', $value1)

    ->set('mykey2', $value2)

;

02-21-2012, 11:11 PM

[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]
CodeIgniters $this->load->vars also makes them global to all Controllers and Views.

02-22-2012, 09:47 AM

[eluser]wr5aw[/eluser]
$this->load->vars is a one shot solution. I think I wrote the registry because I needed something more flexible.