shlumph Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Hi, I'm a complete newb trying to learn the zend framework. I set up a 'master page' with zend_layout, and the "content" section is working fine with my controllers/views. However, I want my sidebar to be dynamic as well, and I can't figure out how. My directory structure looks like this: +application +default +controllers -IndexController.php +layouts -layout.phtml +models +views +scripts +index -sidebar.phtml My simplified layout.phtml file looks like this: <html> <body> <div id="content"> <?php echo $this->layout()->content; ?> </div> <div id="navigation"> </div> <?php echo $this->layout()->sidebar; ?> </body> </html> This is an example of one of my controllers: <?php class IndexController extends Zend_Controller_Action { public function init(){ $response = $this->getResponse(); $response->insert('sidebar', $this->view->render('sidebar.phtml')); } //other functions below My sidebar.phtml file looks something like this: <div class="navigation"> <h1>Recent Posts</h1> <ul> <?php echo $this->iWantToBeDynamic; ?> </ul> </div> <div class="navigation"> <h1>Categories</h1> <ul> <?php echo $this->iWantToBeDynamic; ?> </ul> </div> Is it possible to add a controller to my sidebar.phtml file? If so, how, if not, what is the best possible way to make this sidebar dynamic? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/110303-dynamic-sidebar-content-w-zend-framework/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlumph Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 Ok, I made a "classes" folder in my application directory, and made a "Sidebar" class, that accesses a model. Then I created an instance of that Sidebar class in my sidebar.phtml view. That's the best I could come up with, seems to work fine. Zend is overwhelming me. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/110303-dynamic-sidebar-content-w-zend-framework/#findComment-565974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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