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parseha
parseha

Reputation: 170

How can i implement multi template in cakephp

I use the CakePHP framework and I want to have multiple templates in my project.
Is there any way for implementation of multiple templates in CakePHP?

For example, an admin can choose first the or second template in the backend and users can use the same template. (Like in the Joomla backend). If there is any way, how can I implement this?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1911

Answers (2)

Dipesh Parmar
Dipesh Parmar

Reputation: 27382

Just giving you basic idea about how you can do that.

In app_controller try below code.

<?php
class AppController extends Controller
{
    var $components = array( 'Auth','Session', 'RequestHandler','Email','Gzip.Gzip','SwiftMailer');

    var $helpers = array( 'Javascript', 'Form', 'Html', 'Session','Time','Custom','Paginator','Text' );

    function beforeFilter()
    {
        if(isset($this->params['admin']) && $this->params['admin'] == 1)
        {
            $this->layout = "admin";
        }
        else
        {
            $this->layout = "default";
        }       
    }
?>

And inside other controller file which extends app_controller add you must have code as below.

<?php
class OtherController extends Controller
{
    var public $uses = array('ModelName');

    function beforeFilter()
    {
        parent::beforeFilter();
    }
?>

You can also overwrite $this->layout to every controller action.

Upvotes: 5

noslone
noslone

Reputation: 1289

You can create different templates in View/layouts

template_1.ctp, template_2.ctp with different styles

And create the default.ctp layout which will include one of the existing templates or set $this->layout = 'template_1'; in the AppController;

<?php
    //default.ctp
    $loadTemplate = 'template_1.ctp';//value from database or config file?
    include_once($loadTemplate);
?>

Or you could use themes as per documentation

Upvotes: 1

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