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Rohan Calvin
Rohan Calvin

Reputation: 21

Templating in Kohana Framework 3.3

I'm using Kohana Framework and this is actually the first framework that I am using. I just wanted to know how to properly add templates in views. What I am doing right now is.

In controller.

<?php defined('SYSPATH') or die('No direct script access.');

class Controller_Welcome extends Controller_Template {

    public $template = 'site';

    public function action_index()
    {
        $this->template->header = View::factory('templates/header');
        $this->template->header->title = 'Page name - Welcome';
        $this->template->header->description = 'Blah blah blah.';
    }

Now inside view I make a file called site.php (the view) and echo the variable $header on the top so it shows the contents of the page, and it's working fine but is it actually the right way to do it? I mean echoing out the header in every single view? I'm sure there must be a more complex or better way to do that. I have also heard that the use of Kohana Templete is discouraged.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3131

Answers (2)

Churchill
Churchill

Reputation: 1607

Have a look at Kostache It allows you to do simple things like 

<li>{{kostachevariable}}</li>

You just create the view extending Kostache class and that's it. Once you do that you can just set variables using 

$pagetitle="My Title"
$myview-bind('mypagetitle',$pagetitle)

In your template file you will only need

<head>
<title>{{mypagetitle}}</title>

It has tons of other nice features.

Upvotes: 0

Thorsten
Thorsten

Reputation: 5644

Have a look at the Mustache Plugin KOstache for Kohana. IMO the best way to separate your layout from your logic.

Upvotes: 4

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