Render child action / partial view with model from controller

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Render child action / partial view with model from controller

cuongdn Jun '14

Created Jun '14	Last Reply Jun '14	Replies 2	Views 1935	Votes 0

cuongdn 2.0k

Jun '14

Hi there, Anybody know how to render partial view with model from controller action or render child action like

{{ render_action(array("controller"=>"index","action"=>"listProduct")) }}

class IndexController{
  public function indexAction(){
      $this->view->products = data_from_db;
  }

  // this action should render as child action
   public function listProductAction(){
      $this->view->products = data_from_db;
  }
}

class CatalogController{
  public function indexAction(){
      // $this->view->products = data_from_db; 
      // no data pass to view that contains the code load partial view
  }
}

Partail view included in view catalog/index does not work if there is no model from controller. I dont want each time including partial view, I have to set model for view from controller.

Could anybody please help me solve this problem?

le51 · Answer 1 · 2014-06-15T12:00:30-07:00

there is no method like the one you're looking for in volt reference

You will have to retrieve all the datas you need in your controller action:

class IndexController extends ControllerBase
{
  public function indexAction(){
    $this->view->products_1 = data_from_db;
    $this->view->products_2 = other_data_from_db;
}

And then display them in your view. If you want to use some kind of reusable "widget", you can use in your index view the "partial" facilities:

<div id="productList">{{ partial("partials/productList", ['products': $products_2]) }}</div>

where "partial" dir is in your view directory

le51 · Answer 2 · 2014-06-15T12:09:37-07:00

otherwise, if you really need different controller actions to be called and displayed in a single view, you can use some ajax trick that will on document ready load in <div id="productList"></div> the result of your listProductAction() and its correspondig view.

   public function listProductAction(){
      $this->view->setRenderLevel(View::LEVEL_ACTION_VIEW);
      $this->view->products = data_from_db;
  }