Hi,
I have been reading the guide and i dont like layouts as views, i would see more logic and symmetric than the layouts were not views but components.
The rendering would be some type of chain of components, and in my layout component i could use the view that i want and with more control.
So i would like to set a component like a layout.
Qiang, ¿how could i do that?
Thx.
Maybe you can use some pseudo code to show how you would use your proposed component-based layouts?
class MyLayout extends CLayout
{
private function getOtherData($data)
{
}
protected function renderLayout($data)
{
$center = $data['center'];
$myLayoutData = array(
'center'=>$center,
'otherdata'=>$this->getOtherData();
)
$this->render('mylayout',$myLayoutData);
}
}
If i set the layout to a Clayout type, then the framework call my layout so
->layout->renderLayout(array('center'=>$center))
passing it the 'center' or perhaps more data than only the center.
And so i can set my own chain of layouts one that call the child or like
i want, i think this solution is a superset of the simple view layouts.
Thx.
How would the framework know it should pass 'center'?
I think your approach is similar to that implemented in Zend Framework where a view is represented in terms of an object. It is theoretically sounding and has some benefits. Practically, it is a bit troublesome to use. It also loses the benefit that inside of the view script file, you cannot use access the controller instance using $this. Any theming becomes more tricky.
I dont use zend (i hate it), and i didnt use yii yet(do you like my logo proposal?, hehe).
Well, when i say center, i refer to the result of the last controller rendering.
In my webs i dont use controllers, only components, because the controller is only a component more in my render tree chain.
I dont know if its a better solution for theming or so, i would know if there is a simple solution to continue using my own method but now inside yii that gives me a lot of things more.
I would not like to sell my soul and start using simple layouts, i see it like a step backward.
I would investigate this days the yii more deeper.
Thx Qiang.