>> Is it possible to tell a controller to use multiple views?
I believe the example shown in the online manual for requestAction in
the Controllers chapter is what you're looking for
(http://manual.cakephp.org/chapter/controllers).
In this example, a function named "showUserProducts" is added to the
controller that uses "requestAction" to get the rendered view from
another model. This rendered view gets "set" to a variable for the view
to echo as needed. This allows you to re-use a rendered view without
duplicating the code for it in another view.
You may also wish to create a new MVC that only aggregates views from
other models. Here's an example that creates a "workspace" view that
consists of rendered views from two other models:
MODEL (app\models\workspace.php):
<?php
class Workspace extends AppModel
{
var $name = 'Workspace';
var $useTable = false;
}
?>
VIEW (app\views\workspaces\index.thtml):
<h2>Workspace Home - View Users and Posts</h2>
<?php
echo $usersTable . "<br style='clear:both' />" . $postsTable;
?>
CONTROLLER (app\controllers\workspaces_controller.php):
<?php
class WorkspacesController extends AppController
{
var $name = 'Workspaces';
var $helpers = array('Html', 'Form');
function index()
{
$this->set('usersTable', $this->requestAction('/users/index',
array('return')));
$this->set('postsTable', $this->requestAction('/posts/index',
array('return')));
// Now, we can echo out $usersTable and $postsTable in this
action's view to
// see the rendered view.
}
}?>
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