Php variable in MVC

[johnnyjohnny]

I want to establish the similar setup Rails has, MVC, controller gets request, retrieves the model, view uses the model to output html.

 

What is the best way to pass the model variable from the controller script to the view script? (view function is called within controller script)

 

i.e.

 

//controller

<?php

$model = new User();

$model->user_name = "johnnyjohnny";

$output_html();

?>

 

//view

<?php

function output_html() {

echo "<div>$model->user_name</div>"

}

?>

 

how to pass model from controller to view?

 

thanks in advance

[WolfRage]

That does work right? I think because you are using OOP that your technique is a solid and efficient way of passing the variable.

[johnnyjohnny]

That's what I thought, but surprising no.

[JasonLewis]

If the variable isn't already defined, I'm pretty sure you need to use the __set() magic method.

 

public function __set($index, $value){
$this->$index = $value;
}

 

And what you have there doesn't look like OOP, unless you've just copied the functions from your code.

[johnnyjohnny]

I don;t quite understand.

 

p.s. it's not OOP.

 

If the variable isn't already defined, I'm pretty sure you need to use the __set() magic method.

 

public function __set($index, $value){
$this->$index = $value;
}

 

And what you have there doesn't look like OOP, unless you've just copied the functions from your code.

[JasonLewis]

You're using it like OOP though. Do you understand how MVCs work? They can be pretty complicated.