Question

I’m developing a cms and I want the designer to be able to call all of the content while using an object called $view. My problem is that the included template-file can’t access the $view-object anymore.

The view object contains stuff like page_title(),… etc.
I also work with templates, so I want the designer to be able to call for the right template by accessing the $view object.

Some code to backup my explanation:

My library:

class view {
    function page_title() {}

    function template() {
       $this->template = new template;
       $this->template_include = $this->template->template_include();
    }
}

class template {
    function template_include(){
       include('template.php');
    }
}

My index-file:

$view = new view;
$view->template();

My template.php:

$view->page_title();

But I encountered a problem: The view object is created, then is, with a method from the view class, called for an object that, with the method template_include(), includes the right template.php. In this template I use the view-object again, in order to call for the right titles, content,…
My problem is that the included template-file can’t access the $view-object anymore.

Guess you all know the error:
Fatal error: Call to a member function field_title() on a non-object

I’m devoted to make this cms as easy as possible for the designer/user, so I only want the view-object to call for everything, without extra includes in the template-file etc…

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can pass the $view to the method/class

Index

 $view = new view;
 $view->template($view);

Classes

 class view {
    function page_title() { echo "this works!!!";}

    function template($view) {
       $this->template = new template;
       $this->template_include = $this->template->template_include($view);
    }
}

class template {
    function template_include($view){
       include('template.php');
    }
}