how to auto load mobile templates by agent in codeigniter? - php

Question

dir:
application
-controllers
-models
-views
-mobile_views
How do I auto load templates at mobile_views when I use $this->load->view and view by iphone or other mobile phone?

Answer 1

Check this
You can do it in two way.
Way 1: Its very simple. In the above answer (the link I have given) add following line in the end of MyController function
$this->load->_ci_view_path . = $this->view_type .'/';
You are done. You can simply load view like normal view load.
Way 2:
To autoload a view based on user agent, I think you can implement it using hooks. To implement this hooks you need to follow the following steps
Autoload user agent library in autoload.php
$autoload['libraries'] = array('user_agent');
Enable hooks in config.php
$config['enable_hooks'] = TRUE;
Not implement hooks on post_controller_constructor. Add following codes to hooks.php
$hook['post_controller_constructor'][] = array('class' => 'Loadview',
'function' => 'load',
'filename' => 'loadview.php',
'filepath' => 'hooks'
);
Now create a page named loadview.php under hooks directory having following code
class Loadview
{
public static $MOBILE_PLATFORM = 'mobile';
public static $DEFAULT_PLATFORM = 'default';
public function load(){
$this->CI =& get_instance();
$view_type = $this->CI->agent->is_mobile() ? self::$MOBILE_PLATFORM : self::$DEFAULT_PLATFORM;
$this->CI->load->_ci_view_path = $this->CI->load->_ci_view_path . $view_type .'/';
}
}
You are done now. You can simply load view like normal view load.

Answer 2

to load views from another dir aside from "views", i found this forum topic to be helpful
http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/132960/
function external_view($path, $view, $vars = array(), $return = FALSE)
{
$full_path = $path.$view.'.php';
if (file_exists($full_path))
{
return $this->_ci_load(array('_ci_path' => $full_path, '_ci_view' => $view, '_ci_vars' => $this->_ci_object_to_array($vars), '_ci_return' => $return));
}
else
{
show_error('Unable to load the requested module template file: '.$view);
}
}
and you can work the rest from the controller.

Answer 3

I do this in my controller:
public function index()
{
if($this->agent->is_mobile())
{
$this->load_mobile();
}
else
{
$this->load_web();
}
}
public function load_mobile()
{
$this->load->view('mobile/home');
}
public function load_web()
{
$this->load->view('web/home');
}
In this way I can add different data to mobile and to web pages.
I also extend the default controller and add some useful extra features:
Enables the usage of master page/templates.
Can add css and javascript files.
Uses the _output method for controlling the controllers output.
Can load relative content with in the form of modules (views)
So I can manage better the different pages.
Bye!!