Hi. I'll go straight to code and contemplate later.
MY_CONTROLLER
{
var $layout_element1=null;
var $layout_element2=null;
function foo(){
$this->layout_element1=$this->render('element1view');
echo $this->__viewClass->renderLayout('nothing');
}
layout default.thtml
{
<div id="left_collumn">
echo $this->controller->layout_element1;
</div>
<div id="right_column">
echo $this->controller->layout_element2;
</div>
}
For this to work I had to HACK CORE CakePHP View class:
- line 300: comment out $out = $this->renderLayout($out); which calls
renderLayout (to be able to call it from my_controller)
- line 306: comment out print $out;
- line 312: return $out; instead return true; to be able to pass the
output to a variable inside controller instead of printing it out by
default.
Notes:
- set() method now passes variables to View NOT to layout. Layout
directly calls the controller variables.
- elements can still be called from within layout, view or even
controller.
- one can develop as many elements on the same page and pass any view
into them. views DONT render Layouts anymore, Controller does.
- renderLayout() only renders layout. Anything that you pass will be
passed to $content_for_layout in Layout.
I believe that due to my poor understanding such a hack might terribly
interfere with cake's view rendering. I would be checking especially
the downside of calling the view instance (__viewClass) from within
controller, which has been initiated in first render() call.
The REASON for this hack is, that I still haven't found any viable way
to implement "multi-$content_for_layout" template-driven app
architecture, which seems to me as not optimal in cakePHP.
A part of controller logic which is supposed to handle multiple page
elements (left column contents, etc) is in original Cake pushed either
into Views (since there is only one $content_for_layout) or to Layout
with use of elements. Both is not optimal from the point of view of
layout design separation and in complex page layouts produces a mess
in views/elements folders.
I rather see that all the controller actions are done inside a
controller class, views are rendered and then referred back to
controller where they are passed to respective variables later called
from Layout.
A solution with use of requestAction() has been proposed before, but I
wouldn't see why the same controller would have to be called twice
only to render two different html elements on the same page.
I would strongly appreciate your comments on this hack.
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