A simple layout management, setup once then use it several times and can be done in one line on the controller.
Codeigniter 3.x.x
Download, then copy and paste in the application/library directory.
Set template value inside autoload library application/config/autoload.php
$autoload['libraries'] = array('template');You can render page by calling this method in your controller
$this->template->view('your_view', $data);<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title><?= $title . ' | ' . $subtitle ?></title>
<?= $_css ?>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<?= $content ?>
<?= $_script ?>
<?= $_footer ?>
</div>
</body>
</html>Your file name layout part must begin with an underscore, like _css.php, _footer.php, _script.php etc. your variable name is based on your file name without .php extension, example : $_css, $_footer, $_script etc.
Title segment is your website title, by default this library generate title based on segment 1 and subtitle based on segment 2.
http://example.com/index.php/<title>/<subtitle>
But you can custom title and subtitle based on other segment using code below:
$this->template->title_segment(2, 3);or you can custom generate title only based on segment 2
$this->template->title_segment(2);or you can custom generate subtitle only based on segment 3
$this->template->title_segment(NULL, 3);or you can overwrite title and subtitle page by using code below in your controller.
$data['title'] = 'Welcome to Codeigniter View Template';
$data['subtitle'] = 'Example subtitle';
$this->template->view('your_view', $data);Layout is directory of all your part template, example: app, css, or script. By default the directory points to application/views/layouts. But you can custom your layout directory, if you want points to application/views/your_layouts you can use code below:
$this->template->layout('your_layouts');File name of main template by default is app.php inside directory application/views/layouts. But you can custom your main layout, if you want points to application/views/layouts/your_app.php you can use code below:
$this->template->app('your_app');If you have a css or script for specific page, you can push part of layout by code below in your controller:
$this->template->push('_your_css', 'css');first parameter is your layout part directory, then second parameter is your stack name. You can call a function inside your main layout application/views/layouts/app.php like this:
<?= $this->template->stack('css') ?>Full code example on your main layout view:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title><?= $title . ' | ' . $subtitle ?></title>
<?= $_css ?>
<?= $this->template->stack('css') ?>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<?= $content ?>
<?= $_script ?>
<?= $_footer ?>
<?= $this->template->stack('script') ?>
</div>
</body>
</html>