-- Dan Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
(on Wednesday, 08 August 2007, 01:09 AM +1000):
> So with these 3 bits
>
> $view->assign($segments);
>
> This assigns variables to the view class from the $segments variables
> correct ie $segments->section and in the main template it would be {section}
I'm not sure how flexy works and how variables are referenced, but yes,
that's what I was thinking. Zend_View_Abstract::assign() can take an
associative array as an argument (which is what response->getBody(true)
will return -- segment name ->content), and will assign the key/value
pairs to the view object.
> $content = $view->render('index.phtml');
>
> So the main template is rendered in the plugin instead ?
In the plugin, which will run *after* all actions have been completed
(which is when a dispatchLoopAction() plugin runs), yes -- it renders
the main template, with the various content pieces as assigned from the
response.
> $response->setBody($content); // overwrites named segments
>
> so the response body is the rendered main template with the sections
> rendered aswell ?
Correct.
> Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
> > -- Dan Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> > (on Tuesday, 07 August 2007, 11:54 PM +1000):
> >
> > > Hi there im having some problems which ive managed to hack up. Id like
> > > to be able to render a different template into a template variable
> > > called {content} so then all i need is one main index template and each
> > > controller / action can set a different content placeholder. The only
> > > way i can do it for the moment is rendering a template to a variable
> > > $this->view->content, would this be ok to do ?
> > >
> > > $this->tpl = $this->view->getEngine();
> > > $this->tpl->compile('sectionBody.html');
> > > $this->view->content =
> > > $this->tpl->bufferedOutputObject($this->view);
> > >
> > > $this->render("index", null, true);
> > >
> > > It basically gets the view engine which is the flexy template engine,
> > > compiles a section body as a string back to $this->view->content and it
> > > will display in the variable within the index view script. If there is a
> > > better way to do this let me know.
> > >
> >
> > One method I and others have used is to render to named segments in the
> > response object -- that's what the second argument to render is. That
> > way, you can collate all your various content from different actions in
> > the response object, and then pull it out to fill in another template.
> >
> > As an example, in your code above, I'd do something like:
> >
> > $this->render('sectionBody', 'section'); // renders to 'section'
> > // response segment
> >
> > And then create a dispatchLoopShutdown plugin:
> >
> > class TwoStepView extends Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract
> > {
> > public function dispatchLoopShutdown()
> > {
> > $response = $this->getResponse();
> > $segments = $response->getBody(true);
> >
> > // instantiate view in here somewhere...
> > $view->assign($segments);
> > $content = $view->render('index.phtml');
> > $response->setBody($content); // overwrites named segments
> > }
> > }
> >
> > Hope that makes sense.
--
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
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