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Syntaxlb

Hi,

In first, my theme.php config file contains :

'active' => 'default',

'paths' => array(APPPATH.'themes'),

'use_modules' => true,

I'll try to explain my problem :

- I have a module "backend" which contains a theme, and base controller "\Backend\Controller_Index"

- I have a module "menu" which contains an administration section ( \Menu\Controller_Backend )

- The "\Menu\Controller_Backend" extends "\Backend\Controller_Index", and i want to use the theme which is placed in the module "backend"

1. In \Backend\Controller_Index, if i do in before method : $this->theme->set_template("template.php")

- When i'm in "/backend/index" it's work

- When i'm in "/menu/backend" It's don't found template.php (it's logic, i'm in menu module)

2. In \Backend\Controller_Index, if i do in before method : $this->theme->set_template("backend::template.php")

- It's work in all case, yes. But problem : Now i can't override my template in my theme folder ( /app/themes/default/backend/template.php )

My question is how i can use a theme which is in a other module, and have possibility to override it in the app without needing to modify the module ?

Syntaxlb

I've found a solution, but i don't know if it's a good way, or if better methods exist :

In \Backend\Controller_Index, i created an action that instantiate a Theme class, i set_template, and i return it :

public function action_theme()

{

// Set template

$this->theme = \Theme::instance();

$this->theme->set_template('template.php');

return $this->theme;

}

And in the before method in \Backend\Controller_Index i do it :

if (\Request::is_hmvc())

{

$this->theme = $this->action_theme();

}

else

{

$this->theme = \Request::forge('backend/index/theme')->execute()->response()->body();

}

It's work fine, if i'm in menu module, the function use HMVC request for get the theme object, otherwise i get the theme object normally

Harro

I assume you want a uniform look and feel for your application. In which case page templates are always global, not linked to a module or a controller in a module, but defined at the theme level.

Like you would have with CMS applications, you have different templates (2 columns, 3 columns, with- and without footer section, etc). The sections of the template are filled with partials. Some will be assigned central as well (for example in your base controller's before), like a header, footer, menu, etc. some will be assigned by controller method (either directly called or by HMVC).

In this system the controller never has to worry about templates or layouts, a controller method sets a theme partial (in case of a directly called controller) or returns a view (in case of an HMVC call). It is not aware of it's surroundings.

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