I just wanted a pointer on the best way to structure the passing of dynamic data to a partials view file.
I have two partials 'header.php' and footer.php' which are called into Public.php.
i.e. Template::partial('partials/header') which is called within Public.php
Within header.php I have my nav code and I need to pass data to it so I can loop within one of the nav ul's to echo out data from the categories table in my DB.
Should I write the function that gets the data within the controller Templates.php? and then pass it to partials/header as the view file? or create a new Module and create it from there?
Thanks
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Hello,
Should I write the function that gets the data within the controller Templates.php? and then pass it to partials/header as the view file? or create a new Module and create it from there?
Depends on keeping track of your functions. If you put it in the Templates folder, when you update it gets written over.
Having a separate module keeps things modular to re-use in other apps.
Two possibilities
Create a module for handling the Nav.
Create a module called my_functions and put your code in there. That way all your code is portable.
Dan
Should I write the function that gets the data within the controller Templates.php? and then pass it to partials/header as the view file? or create a new Module and create it from there?
Depends on keeping track of your functions. If you put it in the Templates folder, when you update it gets written over.
Having a separate module keeps things modular to re-use in other apps.
Two possibilities
Create a module for handling the Nav.
Create a module called my_functions and put your code in there. That way all your code is portable.
Dan