In my menu helper I take in a nested array instead of using methods on
the helper. This means you can make the array of data in your model or
controller (or view), and then pass it to your helper to render.
There are examples out there that do this.
Cheers,
Adam
On Dec 27, 8:06 am, BFox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Im working on a project that was originally developed by another PHP
> developer. He created a helper class to create the main menu in such a
> fashion...
>
> Function A. Would actually add the menu items to an array with the
> Anchor Tag, URL and a Key
>
> Function B. Would iterate through each item in the array and create
> the link with the Anchor Tag and URL, it would also check if the
> passed "Selected" item was equal to the key for each array item, if
> so, it puts an "Active" CSS class on it.
>
> This system works using $this->renderElement in the view file as the
> element file contains the functions that adds each menu item and
> finally does a print() on the menu function with the selected item
> being passed to it.
>
> My current project requires that for some of the menu items they have
> sub items that are pulled from the DB. I have found that I cant call a
> function from a model from the element file because I get an
> "unrecognized function in a view file" or something similar.
>
> Is there a way I can call a model function from the element or
> otherwise dynamically add menu items from the DB before I do the
> renderElement?
>
> The element looks like this...
>
> $mainMenu->addMenuItem("News and Events","news","/news");
> $mainMenu->addMenuItem("About","about","/about");
> $mainMenu->addMenuItem("Locations","locations","/locations");
> $mainMenu->addMenuItem("Contact","contacts","/contact");
> print($mainMenu->showMenu($selected));
>
> addMenuitem is the function within the helper class that adds items
> and showMenu, well thats self explanitory...
>
> Sorry this post was long and verbose, just wanted to make sure that
> anyone who looks is on the same page.
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