I've tried many solutions that had the same questions like mine. But didn't found a working solution.
I have a controller:
event.php
And two views:
event.phtml
eventList.phtml
I use eventList to get data via ajax call so I want to populate both views with a variable named "eventlist" for example.
Normally I use this code for sending a variable to the view:
$this->view->eventList = $events;
But this variable is only available in event.phtml.
How can I make this available for eventlist.phtml? (without adding a second controller)
Edit:
I get this error now
Call to undefined method Page_Event::render()
Function:
private $_event;
public function init(){
$dbTable = new Custom_Model_DbTable_Events();
//Get Events
$this->_event = $dbTable->getEntries($this->webuser->businessId);
$this->index();
}
public function indexAction(){
$this->eventList = $this->_event;
$this->render();
$this->render('eventlist');
}
If I use $this->view->render('event.phtml') and eventlist.phtml it won't pass the data
I'm using zend version 1
You can pass variables to other views using render()
public function fooAction()
{
// Renders my/foo.phtml
$this->render();
// Renders my/bar.phtml
$this->render('bar');
}
Copy and paste this in your controller and rename your controller from event.php to EventController.php
class EventController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
private $_event;
public function init(){
$dbTable = new Custom_Model_DbTable_Events();
//Get Events
$this->_event = $dbTable->getEntries($this->webuser->businessId);
$this->index();
}
public function indexAction(){
// You're calling the index.phtml here.
$this->eventList = $this->_event;
$this->render('event');
$this->render('eventlist');
}
}
To specify that only written #Daan
In your action:
$this->view->eventList= $events;
$this->render('eventList'); // for call eventList.phtml
In you View use : $this->eventList
You could render it within the view itself (eventList.phtml), rather than within the controller, using the same line of code you used above:
$this->render('event[.phtml]');
Related
I'm running Laravel 7, and I wonder if it is possible to return a rendered Blade component from a controller, just like you would with a view. I can return the view of the component like the following.
return View::make('components.some-view');
However, I do not have access to any of the data or methods inside the SomeView component class. If I try to use a variable defined in the component, I receive an undefined variable error.
Try this, it works for me in Laravel 8
for example I have App\View\Components\Form\Button component
<?php
class Button extends Component{
public $variable1;
public $variable2;
public function __construct($variable1, $variable2){
$this->variable1 = $variable1;
$this->variable2 = $variable2;
}
public function render(){
// return view('view_component_name');
}
}
?>
& I wants to render that component in controller without view layout
then I can do like this
<?php
use App\View\Components\Form\Button;
class TestController extends Controller{
public function index(Request $request)
$obj = new Button($variable1, $variable2);
$obj->render()->with($obj->data());
}
}
?>
** data function include methods, properties and attributes of Component.
I hope this one helps to you
You can render a blade component from your controller using view function:
//first parameter = Path of your component
//second argument = All your variables that your component receive
$html = view('components.yourComponentName', ['x-variable' => $value]);
return $html;
Create object of component in controller like
$com = new SomeComponent($variable1, $variable2);
//call the render function
$comHtml = $com->render();
Hopefully this will help.
Use YourDirectory\some-view;
$controllerObject = new some-view;
$controllerObject -> variable;
I'm migrating an old app developed in Yii1 to Yii2.
I used to have a array in the controller that was storing all the variables that I would need to send to the frontend as a JavaScript:
public $jsVars;
public function toJSObject($params){
$this->jsVars = array_merge($this->jsVars, $params);
}
private function printJSVarsObject(){
//convert my php array into a js json object
}
When I needed a variable to be exposed in Javascript, I would just use $this->toJSObject, in the View or in the Controller.
Then, in the controller I also used to have:
public function beforeRender($view){
$this->printJSVarsObject();
}
In Yii2, I had to configure the View component with a custom View and then attach an event:
namespace app\classes;
use yii\base\Event;
use yii\helpers\Json;
Event::on(\yii\web\View::className(), \yii\web\View::EVENT_END_BODY, function($event) {
$event->sender->registerJSVars();
});
class View extends \yii\web\View {
public $jsVars = [];
public function addJsParam($param){
$this->jsVars = array_merge($this->jsVars, $param);
}
public function registerJSVars() {
$this->registerJs(
"var AppOptions= " . Json::htmlEncode($this->jsVars) . ";",
View::POS_END,
'acn_options'
);
}
}
But, having the event outside the class seems weird to me. Also, while I'm in the controller, I won't be able to use my former approach using this method.
Obviously, I'm missing something, or my approach is just incorrect.
How do you guys do that?
If you're trying to access properties of the controller from a view (see above comments!), you can use;
$this->context
to return an instance of the currently used controller from within the view file. So to access your beforeRender() method you would just use
$this->context->beforeRender()
So here's the code
use App\Video;
class HomeController extends Controller
{
protected $video;
public function index()
{
// $video_to_watch is fetched from db and I want to save it and use it in
// another function in this controller
$this -> video = $video_to_watch;
return view('home', compact('video_to_watch'));
}
public function feedback(Request $request)
{
dd($this -> video);
}
}
feedback returns null for some reason.
when I put the
dd($this -> video);
in index() it works fine, not null.
I have tried what's suggested here: Laravel doesn't remember class variables
but it didn't help.
I'm sure it's something stupid I'm overlooking. But can't seem to figure out what, any help much appreciated.
You can't keep your $video value between 2 different requests. You have to fetch your video data in each request.
use App\Video;
class HomeController extends Controller
{
public function index() {
$myVideo = $this->getMyVideo();
return view('home', $myVideo);
}
public function feedback(Request $request) {
dd($this->getMyVideo);
}
private function getMyVideo() {
// fetch $video_to_watch from db
return $video_to_watch ;
}
}
First of all don't fetch data inside a Controller. It's only 'a glue' between model and view. Repeat. No fetching inside a controller.
Use domain services and dependency injection to get business data and if you want to share this data create shared service (single instance).
-
Putting a data object into a controller property class makes a temporary dependency between method calls. Avoid it. Use services instead.
Simple example
I would like to know if there is any possible way that $data could already exist without being set in that method, and if so how to set it.
public function index(){
if(isset($data)){
//how is this possible?
} else if(isset($this->data){
// set in parent::__construct
// ok i'm going to have to set $data in every method in every controller
$data = $this->data;
}
}
additional info
This is my specific problem,
I am using a framework with a controller class which is extended for every controller.
class ControllerBlog extends Controller {}
Every method in every controller perform a few almost identical tasks. Some of these tasks return data within the scope of the method called.
//e.g
public function index(){
$this->loadthis('blog');
$this->loadthat('blog');
$data = $this->get_this('blog');
...
...
$data['title'] = 'blog title';
use_data($data);
}
I would like to move these tasks to Controller class function __construct to limit the amount of code repeated.
<?php
class Controller {
public function __construct() {
//load this and that and return data;
$data = $this->load_and_return_all(get_class($this));
//class level
$this->data = $data;
}
}
is there a way to get the $data variable for use within the scope of the method without the need of adding any additional code to every method of every controller?
class ControllerBlog extends Controller {
public function index(){
//adding this to every method seems silly
$data = $this->data;
// i would like $data to be set in the construct;
}
}
How can i forward to other action inside the same controller avoiding repeat all dispatch proccess ?
Example:
If i point to User Controller the default action is indexAction() inside this funciton i use _forwad('list') ... but all dispatch proccess are repeated.. and i dont that
Whats is the right way ?
Usually, you will install routes to redirect your users to the proper (default) action, instead of the index action (read how to redirect from a given route using Zend_Router). But you can do everything manually if you really want to (however this is called "writing hacker code to achieve something dirty") directly from the controller.
Change your "view script" to be rendered, then call your action method....
// inside your controller...
public function indexAction() {
$this->_helper->viewRenderer('foo'); // the name of the action to render instead
$this->fooAction(); // call foo action now
}
If you tend on using this "trick" often, perhaps you may write a base controller that you extend in your application, which can simply have a method like :
abstract class My_Controller_Action extends Zend_Controller_Action {
protected function _doAction($action) {
$method = $action . 'Action';
$this->_helper->viewRenderer($action);
return $this->$method(); // yes, this is valid PHP
}
}
Then call the method from your action...
class Default_Controller extends My_Controller_Action
public function indexAction() {
if ($someCondition) {
return $this->_doAction('foo');
}
// execute normal code here for index action
}
public function fooAction() {
// foo action goes here (you may even call _doAction() again...)
}
}
NOTE : this is not the official way to do it, but it is a solution.
We Can Also use this Helper To redirect
$this->_helper->redirector->gotoSimple($action, $controller, $module, $params);
$this->_helper->redirector->gotoSimple('edit'); // Example 1
$this->_helper->redirector->gotoSimple('edit', null, null, ['id'=>1]); // Example 2 With Params
If you don't want to re-dispatch there is no reason you can't simply call the action - it's just a function.
class Default_Controller extends My_Controller_Action
{
public function indexAction()
{
return $this->realAction();
}
public function realAction()
{
// ...
}
}
You could also create a route. For example I have in my /application/config/routes.ini a section:
; rss
routes.rss.route = rss
routes.rss.defaults.controller = rss
routes.rss.defaults.action = index
routes.rssfeed.route = rss/feed
routes.rssfeed.defaults.controller = rss
routes.rssfeed.defaults.action = index
Now you only need one action and that is index action but the requess rss/feed also goes there.
public function indexAction()
{
...
}