I\'m new in CodeIgniter. I want to create Master Page or Layout with base style that will be contain Menu, footer and etc. I don\'t want to write repeating content in all pa
What we probably do is separate view files for header, menu, footer, etc.. that is common for all pages. And include them inside each view. like
$this->view('header');
$this->view('menu');
//Some specific content
$this->view('footer');
If you need same functionality without copying the above to all views, you need to create a function in your controller as follows:
private function myviewfunction($current_view)
{
$this->load->view('header');
$this->load->view('menu');
$this->load->view($current_view);
$this->load->view('footer');
return NULL;
}
and call this function in all your pages (methods)
$this->myviewfunction('about'); //About is the specific view for the method
Following the idea of a master page in Laravel, we can do this:
$this->load->view('show');
Set values for master page and then pass the variables to master page. Keep your master page codes inside ob_start() & ob_get_clean().
<?php $page_title = "My first page"; ?>
<?php ob_start(); ?>
Your header stylesheet links and scripts
<?php $page_header = ob_get_clean(); ?>
<?php ob_start(); ?>
<div>
<h1>This is a Header</h1>
<?php $this->load->view('Partials/list'); ?>
</div>
<?php $page_content = ob_get_clean(); ?>
<?php ob_start(); ?>
Your footer html or scripts
<?php $page_footer = ob_get_clean(); ?>
<?php $this->load->view('Layout/app',array(
'page_title' => $page_title,
'page_header' => $page_header,
'page_content' => $page_content,
'page_footer' => $page_footer
)); ?>
In case you don't want your code to be crowded. You can create some partial views to keep things simple.
<ul>
<li>LIst item 1</li>
<li>LIst item 2</li>
<li>LIst item 3</li>
</ul>
<html>
<head>
<title><?= v($page_title) ?></title>
<?= v($page_header) ?>
</head>
<body>
<?= v($page_content) ?>
<?= v($page_footer) ?>
</body>
</html>
<?php
function v(&$var)
{
return isset($var) ? $var : '';
}
So that will genarate code:
<html>
<head>
<title>My first page</title>
Your header stylesheet links and scripts
</head>
<body>
<div>
<h1>This is a Header</h1>
<ul>
<li>LIst item 1</li>
<li>LIst item 2</li>
<li>LIst item 3</li>
</ul>
</div>
Your footer html or scripts
</body>
</html>
You would create a new Controller with a public $template variable Your extended Controller will then inherit the $template variable from the Master Controller.
class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller
{
public $template=null;
public function __construct()
{
if(is_null($this->template)){
$this->template = 'layouts/default';
}
}
}
class Admin_Controller extends MY_Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
//Still inherits from MY_Controller
//this time, any controller extending Admin_Controller
//will point to 'views/layouts/admin'
if(is_null($this->template)){
$this->template = 'layouts/admin';
}
}
}
-
class User extends MY_Controller
{
public function index()
{
//$this->template is inherited
//from MY_Controller
//which point to 'views/layouts/default'
//We can also load a view as data
//ie no master layout, INTO our master layout
//note we don't pass $this->template
//and set the third param as true
$dynamic_sidebar = $this->load->view('views/sidebar/dynamic', array(
'data' => 'some_data'
), true);
return $this->load->view($this->template, array(
'partial' => 'users/index' //partial view,
'dynamic_sidebar' => $dynamic_sidebar
));
}
}
<body>
//load the main view
//in our example we have also loaded
//a dynamic sidebar with this view
<?php $this->load->view($partial); ?>
<?php $this->load->view($dynamic_sidebar); ?>
//load a static view
//views/sidebar/static
<?php $this->load->view('sidebar/static'); ?>
</body>
lets assume you have an html page
<html>
<head>
<title> Hello World </title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="menu">
<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
</div>
<div id="main-content">
<!-- this is the dynamic part -->
</div>
<div id="footer">
Copy Right 2013 Hello World
</div>
</body>
</html>
you could split it into 1- header 2- menu 3- main content 4- footer
you basically put
<html>
<head>
<title> Hello World </title>
</head>
<body>
in one view called "view_header" then you put
<div id="menu">
<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
</div>
<div id="main-content">
in a view called "view_menu" and then you put
</div>
<div id="footer">
Copy Right 2013 Hello World
</div>
</body>
</html>
in a view called "view_footer" then in your controller
$this->load->view('view_header');
$this->load->view('view_menu');
$this->load->view('YOUR_VIEW');
$this->load->view('view_footer');
The other solution, which I see is better: create a view called view_template.php
<html>
<head>
<title> Hello World </title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="menu">
<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
</div>
<div id="main-content">
<?php $this->load->view($content); ?>
</div>
<div id="footer">
Copy Right 2013 Hello World
</div>
</body>
</html>
in the controller lets say you want to call a view called About
$data = array('content'=>'about');
$this->load->view('view_template',$data);