How to create Master Page(Layout) with base design style

Question

I\'m new in CodeIgniter. I want to create Master Page or Layout with base style that will be contain Menu, footer and etc. I don\'t want to write repeating content in all pa

Answer 1

Dynamic Layout

You would create a new Controller with a public $template variable Your extended Controller will then inherit the $template variable from the Master Controller.

MY_Controller

class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller
{
    public $template=null;

    public function __construct()
    {
        if(is_null($this->template)){
            $this->template = 'layouts/default';
        }   
    }
}

Admin_controller

class Admin_Controller extends MY_Controller
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        //Still inherits from MY_Controller
        //this time, any controller extending Admin_Controller
        //will point to 'views/layouts/admin'

        if(is_null($this->template)){
            $this->template = 'layouts/admin';
        }   
    }
}

-

class User extends MY_Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        //$this->template is inherited 
        //from MY_Controller
        //which point to 'views/layouts/default'

        //We can also load a view as data
        //ie no master layout, INTO our master layout
        //note we don't pass $this->template
        //and set the third param as true
        $dynamic_sidebar = $this->load->view('views/sidebar/dynamic', array(
            'data'  =>  'some_data'
        ), true);

        return $this->load->view($this->template, array(
            'partial'   =>  'users/index' //partial view,
            'dynamic_sidebar'   =>  $dynamic_sidebar
        ));
    }
}

Views/Layouts/default

    //load the main view
    //in our example we have also loaded
    //a dynamic sidebar with this view
    load->view($partial); ?>
    load->view($dynamic_sidebar); ?>

    //load a static view
    //views/sidebar/static
    load->view('sidebar/static'); ?>