Using variables from controller in layout

[Adri Kodde]

Is it possible to get variables from a layout that are assigned in the controller?

Controller:
$view->set('foo', 'apple');


Layout:
echo $view->block('test')->content(function() use($view) {
         $view->get('foo');
}

This shows nothing in the block.

Am I doing something wrong?

[Vance Lucas]

Try this:

Controller:
$view->set('foo', 'apple');


Layout:
echo $view->block('test')->content(function() use($view) {

         return $view->get('foo'); // have to 'return' string or just 'echo' it out, or end PHP tags and just output text/html
}

--
Vance Lucas
http://vancelucas.com

[Adri Kodde]

Nope, that doesn't work in my case. (in my previous post I forgot the echo, but that was a typo).
You're saying it should work? Then I'll try to find what's going wrong. (for a moment I thought it was just not possible.)

Vance Lucas

9 mei 2012 20:10

Try this:

Controller:
$view->set('foo', 'apple');


Layout:
echo $view->block('test')->content(function() use($view) {
         return $view->get('foo'); // have to 'return' string or just 'echo' it out, or end PHP tags and just output text/html
}

--
Vance Lucas
http://vancelucas.com

Adri Kodde

9 mei 2012 19:49

[Vance Lucas]

Okay, sorry - my bad. I didn't catch what was happening. The block's "content" method is intended to SET content where the local variables and data is available. Example:

Controller:
$view->set('foo', 'apple');

View (or I guess you *could* do it in the controller):

// This SETS the block content using local data

$view->block('test')->content(function() use($view, $foo) {
         echo $view->set('foo'); // or just "echo $foo;"

}

Layout:

// This echos out the block content that was set in the view above via __toString
echo $view->block('test'); // echo set content

--
Vance Lucas
http://vancelucas.com

[Adri Kodde]

aaahhh! this works, haha.

I'm used to the Twig template system, so this is just all a bit different!

Thanks again for helping me out.

Vance Lucas

9 mei 2012 20:32

Okay, sorry - my bad. I didn't catch what was happening. The block's "content" method is intended to SET content where the local variables and data is available. Example:

Controller:
$view->set('foo', 'apple');

View (or I guess you *could* do it in the controller):

// This SETS the block content using local data

$view->block('test')->content(function() use($view, $foo) {
         echo $view->set('foo'); // or just "echo $foo;"

}

Layout:

// This echos out the block content that was set in the view above via __toString
echo $view->block('test'); // echo set content

--
Vance Lucas
http://vancelucas.com

Adri Kodde

9 mei 2012 20:23