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Asked: 2026-06-10T22:40:47+00:00

Hi I’m trying to make something like CMS with widgets so I have a

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Hi I’m trying to make something like CMS with widgets so I have a folder widgets in my app folder there are my widgets for example app/Widgets/UsersOnline/UserOnline.php
I loading them from db with widgets model in beforefilter method in appController and there i pass them to the view, so with a widget helper I would like to render them on the position. But i can’t get to the folder widgets/UserOnline/view.ctp with view->element() method this method require file to be in Elements/.

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Is there any way to load files in view outside the view/ and /elements ? Thanks in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use relative paths when calling the element:

    <?php echo $this->Element('../../Widgets/UsersOnline/UserOnline'); ?>

    Don’t forget to name your element file ‘UserOnline.ctp’ too.

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