Why not pass something from the controller to the layout and use a beforeRender?
On Apr 8, 8:12 am, the_woodsman <[email protected]> wrote: > Exactly - the layout renders an analytics element, but it can pass it > a variable that was set in the actual view. > > On Apr 8, 1:40 pm, John Andersen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for trying :) > > > Do I understand correctly, that you are invoking/calling/whatever an > > element (Google Analytics) from the layout? > > John > > > On Apr 8, 2:27 pm, the_woodsman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > John, let me give it another go! > > > > Googl analytics is still my best example. > > > > I want every single page to have the basic analytics snippet. > > > I really don't want to have this in every single view- it'd be a big > > > job to go through all the existing views and add the call to render > > > the element (not very DRY), it makes my views more cluttered, and it > > > introduces the risk that pages are deployed without the snippet, > > > placing the burden on the developers to know about these snippets that > > > have to be placed in every view they create! > > > > However, some pages need to completely override the default version in > > > the layout. > > > For example, analytics doesn't auto track 40x/50x HTTP responses, so I > > > want to change the analytics code for specific views. > > > > So right now, my layout renders the analytics element, passing it a > > > variable form viewVars if necessary. > > > > Then, my error page for 404s etc sets this variable to a custom value > > > ("error-404") so we can track how often our users hit error pages. > > > > This technique is DRY (no unnecessary repetition of the same snippet), > > > employs convention over config (the convention is analytics is handled > > > in the layout, unless you're dealing with a special case), and there's > > > no risk of analytics not being included on a page. > > > > None of the suggestions so far seem as elegant as this...? > > > [snip] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
