CakePHP View including other views

Question

I have a CakePHP application that in some moment will show a view with product media (pictures or videos) I want to know if, there is someway to include another view that threat

Answer 1

Simply use:

.ctp'); ?>

in the .ctp your action ends up in.

For example, build an archived function

function archived() {
  // do some stuff
  // you can even hook the index() function
  $myscope = array("archived = 1");
  $this->index($myscope);
  // coming back, so the archived view will be launched
  $this->set("is_archived", true); // e.g. use this in your index.ctp for customization
}

Possibly adjust your index action:

function index($scope = array()) {
  // ...
  $this->set(items, $this->paginate($scope));
}

Your archive.ctp will be:

Ideal reuse of code of controller actions and views.