How to work with a phalcon variable inside PHP? - php

Question

I created a variable inside a controller :
<?php
use Phalcon\Mvc\Controller;
class RestaurantreservationController extends Controller
{
public function indexAction(){
return $this->view->pick("reservation/listerReservation");
}
public function affecterReservTableAction($id) {
$this->view->action_form = 'affecterReservTableExec';
$this->view->titre = 'Réservation de table';
$this->view->table_code = $id; // here is the variable I want to manipulate
return $this->view->pick("reservation/reservTable");
}
}
?>
Inside the view reservTable.phtml I want to work with the variable table_code :
<div class="input-control select">
<select name="clt_id" id="clt_id">
<option value="">--Choisir une table--</option>
<?php
$table_code = {{table_code}}; // it generates an error
$tables = TableClient::lireParCritere([]);
foreach ($tables as $table) {
$select = ($table_code == $table->table_code ? "selected" : "" );
?>
<option <?php echo $select; ?> value="<?php echo $table->table_code; ?>"><?php echo $table->noms; ?></option>
<?php
}
?>
</select>
</div>
How can I use it to set as the selected element of the select element ?

Answer 1

The problem is you are mixing phtml and Volt syntaxes when you try to assign {{table_code}} to $table_code.
The Volt variable {{ table_code }} is the same as $table_code.

Answer 2

If you use Phalcon then it is good to use VOLT
When you create Volt type of template you can access variable by {{ table_code }}
If you wan't loop you can use something like
{% for table in tables %}
//do something
{% endfor %}
Volt has also nice function to create selects
{{ select("table", table_code, 'using': ['table_code', 'table_noms']) }}
Volt documentation
Select in Volt

Answer 3

You used it correctly three lines further down the code. At the point you're trying to use the variable, you're in PHP mode. That means you just write PHP code, i.e. $table_code. The form {{table_code}} is for interpolation inside a VOLT template, not for use inside PHP code.
I would actually recommend converting all of that PHP block into VOLT template code.