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Trux
Trux

Reputation: 75

code igniter loading a view at the end of the controller

On Ci you have the possibility to load a view directly from the constructor of your controller, I'm loading the header and footer of my page (since it's the same for each function)

class Add extends CI_Controller{
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
        $this->load->helper('url');
        $this->load->view('header_view');
        $this->load->view('footer_view');       
    }

    function whatever()
    {
        //do stuff
    }

 }

But this will load the footer view before loading my function, so is there any way to do it without "manually" loading the view at the end of each function ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1803

Answers (3)

faster
faster

Reputation: 151

I've come up with this approach:

 class Add extends CI_Controller{
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();

        // load some static
        $this->data['page_footer'] = $this->common_model->get_footer();

    }
    private function view_loader () {
        //decide what to load based on local environment
        if(isset($_SESSION['user'])){
            $this->load->view('profile_view',  $this->data);
        } else {
             $this->load->view('unlogged_view',  $this->data);
        }
    }


    function index()
    {
        $this->data['page_content'] = $this->profile_model->do_stuff();

        // call once in every function. this is the only thing to repeat.
        $this->view_loader();
    }

  }

Upvotes: 0

Rooneyl
Rooneyl

Reputation: 7902

I would add the header/footer in the main view with the data, or use a template library (I use this one).

If in main view for function;

// in view for html page
<?php $this->load->view('header'); ?>
<h1>My Page</h1>
<?php $this->load->view('footer'); ?>

Upvotes: 4

Ayman Safadi
Ayman Safadi

Reputation: 11552

You shouldn't be rendering any views in the constructor. CI Controllers should look more something like this:

class Add extends CI_Controller {

    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
        $this->load->helper('url'); 
    }

     function index()
     {
        $this->load->view('header_view');
        $this->load->view('home_page');
        $this->load->view('footer_view');
     }

     function whatever()
     {
        /*
         * Some logic stuff
         */

        $data_for_view = array(
            'product' => 'thing',
            'foo'     => 'bar'
        );

        $this->load->view('header_view');
        $this->load->view('show_other_stuff', $data_for_view);
        $this->load->view('footer_view');
     }

 }

Upvotes: 0

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