Off the top of my head, I'd suggest using a helper combined with
output buffering, like this:
class ChunksHelper extends AppHelper {
var $chunkId = null;
var $append = false;
var $buffer = array();
function begin($chunkId, $append = false) {
if (empty($this->chunkId)) {
$this->chunkId = $chunkId;
$this->append = $append;
ob_start();
}
}
function end() {
if (!empty($this->chunkId)) {
$contents = ob_get_clean();
if ($this->append) {
if (isset($this->buffer[$this->chunkId])) {
$this->buffer[$this->chunkId] .= $contents;
}
else {
$this->buffer[$this->chunkId] = $contents;
}
}
else {
$this->buffer[$this->chunkId] = $contents;
}
$this->chunkId = false;
}
}
function beforeLayout() {
$View =& ClassRegistry::getObject('View');
foreach($this->buffer as $key => $value) {
$View->set($key . '_for_layout', $value);
}
}
}
Then in your view:
<?php $chunks->begin('rightbar'); ?>
This will end up in the right bar
<?php $chunks->end(); ?>
(The code might need a bit of modifying; I just wrote it quickly, but
the idea is sound. You'll definitely want to add error-checking)
hth
grigri
On Nov 12, 4:11 pm, i_Am_ToO_SeXy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all.
> First time posting here.
>
> I have a 3-column layout where the 3rd column is intended to be a
> menu.
> here's the code
>
> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; lang="en" xml:lang="en">
> <head>
> <?php
> echo $scripts_for_layout;
> echo $html->css("green", "stylesheet");
> ?>
> <title>Erny - <?php echo $title_for_layout; ?></title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <div id="container">
> <div id="header"><?php echo $header_for_layout;
> ?></div>
> <div id="leftbar"><?php echo $leftbar_for_layout;
> ?></div>
> <div id="rightbar"><?php echo $rightbar_for_layout;
> ?></div>
> <div id="content"><?php echo $content_for_layout;
> ?></div>
> <div id="footer"><?php echo $footer_for_layout;
> ?></div>
> </div>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> The right menu should change his html code based on the current view.
> I googled a lot but the only way i found is to use a Helper inside the
> controller... that's not very MVC-ish...
> So... is there any better way? :)
>
> Thanks in advance.
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