Hey,
today I was wondering about how I could deal with an index-view where
no data is available. The main point I'm trying to demonstrate here is
the following scenario:
In index-views, commonly we have let's say a table where the data we
grab from our tables is displayed. But when a user just registered for
your app, there won't be any data to display. In this case, there
would be an EMPTY table and that looks really bad in my opinion.
I think in this case it would be better if there would be NO TABLE and
instead, there should be a message like "Currently you have no entries
in this category. Add some data by clicking this link...!"
So what I mean is, there should be a check if there is any data to
display, and if NOT, a message like the one above should be printed.
But what's the best practice for that? I figured out two
possibilities, but I'm not quite sure if it's really the perfect
way...
1.
We could use two elements; one where the message is displayed, and one
where the data is displayed (for example in a table or so...)
I would do the following check:
if($somedata) {
echo $this->renderElement('DataShowElement');
} else {
echo $this->renderElement('EmptyDataMessage');
}
2.
pretty much the same, but without elements so in the view there would
be a check if the data-variable has any elements and the table would
only be shown when the data-array has any entries, otherwise there
would be only the message.
What is the correct way to do this? Are there any other techniques to
deal with this kind of problem?
Regards,
DD
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