Partial Views Example

Action views can be made up of partial views which can make up the template used by a particular action. The syntax for rendering a partial view, within an action view, specifies the location of the file and the associated php file.

Below is the application/views/templates/Example/example.php file which coincidentally is the view used for this page. 

<div class="row">
    <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-12 col-xs-12">
        <h2><?php echo $this->title;?></h2>

        <?php $this->renderPartialView("Example", $this->partial);?>
    </div>
    <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12">
        <?php $this->renderPartialView("Partial", "_examples");?>
    </div>
</div>

There is a small bit of magic within the controller action, to load the name of another partial view, which is held in the $this->partial variable.

Below the ExampleController has been shortened for the purposes of this example. 

<?php
    class ExampleController extends FrontController
    {
        /**
         * URL: Example/viewPartial/
         * Alias: partial-view-example/
         *
         * @return View
         */
        public function viewPartialAction()
        {
            $this->createExampleDisplayTemplate("Partial Views Example", "_viewPartial");

            return $this->view();
        }

        /**
         * Creates the necessary settings for an example type file
         *
         * @param string             $title title to load into template
         * @param string             $partial name of partial view to load into template
         * @return void
         */
        private function createExampleDisplayTemplate($title, $partial)
        {
            $this->view->title = $title;
            $this->view->partial = $partial;

            $this->view->renderer("Example", "example");
        }
    } /*end of class ExampleController*/

One More Thing

Did you know that the menu over to the right of this page is also a partial view?