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Render a module view from outside the module?
  • dpetriedpetrie
    Is there a way to render a module view from outside the module? Can't seem to find a way to do this.
  • nerdsrescuemenerdsrescueme
    In the docs there's a section for HMVC calls... that's what you're looking for.
    $widget = \Request::factory('module/controller/action/param', false)->execute();
  • nerdsrescuemenerdsrescueme
    Or if you only mean to use the view from a controller outside of the module... use
    \Fuel::add_module('modulename');

    That will add the module view folder into the load path and enable you to use the views. (That's the easier way)... Or you could simply add the module path to the paths array
    \Fuel::add_path(APPPATH.'modules/modulename');
  • dpetriedpetrie
    Hm.. I tried that and it called the module fine, but when trying to load a view, it was looking in the app/views folder instead of the app/modules/{module}/views folder. I'll take another shot at it though... edit: I tried doing via your 2nd post, i'll have to give your first post a try
  • nerdsrescuemenerdsrescueme
    I'm not 100% sure but there's a way to prepend the path to the paths array instead of at the end. Check the docs for the fuel class... Add_path method... You want it to search the module path first. Sorry I'm in my phone so I can't look it all up.
  • nerdsrescuemenerdsrescueme
    Ah. That's it. Set the second argument of Fuel::add_path to true.
  • nerdsrescuemenerdsrescueme 
    \Fuel::add_path(APPPATH.'modules/modulename', true);

$view \View::factory('path/to/view');

    That'll work for you. If what you mean to do is to ONLY use the view...
  • HarroHarro
    Note that the preferred way if doing this is to use a request, and use a module controller to render the view. This way you won't create any dependencies between modules, or app and module. 
    $view = Request::factory('modulename/controller/method')->execute();

    And then 
    namespace Modulename;

class Controller_Controller {

    public function method()
    {
        return \View::factory('path/to/view');
    }
}
  • #Phil F#Phil F
    I was using the way that nurdsrecueme suggested to start with but it didn't seem right somehow so I changed it to the way I thought it should be done and low and behold it turns out to be the recommended way. I even surprise myself sometimes :) Slowly getting my head around Fuel. The more I use it the more obvious and simple things become :)
  • dpetriedpetrie
    @WanWizard - yea, I finally got around to getting it to work that way, thanks for the input @Phil F - I'm right there with ya, slowly getting my head around Fuel as well @nurdsrecueme - Thanks for all the help :)
  • Ben CorlettBen Corlett 
    // Load a view from APPPATH/modules/test/views/some/view.php
$view = \View::factory('test::some/view');
  • Ben CorlettBen Corlett
    @nerdsrescueme your add_path() thing is correct, I use that in a project currently. Sometimes, if it's a one-off (or a module that I don't want to check views for every time) then it's easier to use the :: to get a view from a module.
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