Class Phalcon\Mvc\View\Simple

extends abstract class Phalcon\Di\Injectable

implements Phalcon\Events\EventsAwareInterface, Phalcon\Di\InjectionAwareInterface, Phalcon\Mvc\ViewBaseInterface

Source on GitHub

This component allows to render views without hierarchical levels

<?php
use Phalcon\Mvc\View\Simple as View;
$view = new View();
// Render a view
echo $view->render(
    "templates/my-view",
    [
        "some" => $param,
    ]
);
// Or with filename with extension
echo $view->render(
    "templates/my-view.volt",
    [
        "parameter" => $here,
    ]
);

Methods

public getRegisteredEngines ()

public __construct ([array $options])

Phalcon\Mvc\View\Simple constructor

public setViewsDir (mixed $viewsDir)

Sets views directory. Depending of your platform, always add a trailing slash or backslash

public getViewsDir ()

Gets views directory

public registerEngines (array $engines)

Register templating engines

<?php
$this->view->registerEngines(
    [
        ".phtml" => "Phalcon\\Mvc\\View\\Engine\\Php",
        ".volt"  => "Phalcon\\Mvc\\View\\Engine\\Volt",
        ".mhtml" => "MyCustomEngine",
    ]
);

protected array _loadTemplateEngines ()

Loads registered template engines, if none is registered it will use Phalcon\Mvc\View\Engine\Php

final protected _internalRender (string $path, array $params)

Tries to render the view with every engine registered in the component

public render (string $path, [array $params])

Renders a view

public partial (mixed $partialPath, [mixed $params])

Renders a partial view

<?php
// Show a partial inside another view
$this->partial("shared/footer");

<?php
// Show a partial inside another view with parameters
$this->partial(
    "shared/footer",
    [
        "content" => $html,
    ]
);

public setCacheOptions (array $options)

Sets the cache options

public array getCacheOptions ()

Returns the cache options

protected _createCache ()

Create a Phalcon\Cache based on the internal cache options

public getCache ()

Returns the cache instance used to cache

public cache ([mixed $options])

Cache the actual view render to certain level

<?php
$this->view->cache(
    [
        "key"      => "my-key",
        "lifetime" => 86400,
    ]
);

public setParamToView (mixed $key, mixed $value)

Adds parameters to views (alias of setVar)

<?php
$this->view->setParamToView("products", $products);

public setVars (array $params, [mixed $merge])

Set all the render params

<?php
$this->view->setVars(
    [
        "products" => $products,
    ]
);

public setVar (mixed $key, mixed $value)

Set a single view parameter

<?php
$this->view->setVar("products", $products);

public getVar (mixed $key)

Returns a parameter previously set in the view

public array getParamsToView ()

Returns parameters to views

public setContent (mixed $content)

Externally sets the view content

<?php
$this->view->setContent("<h1>hello</h1>");

public getContent ()

Returns cached output from another view stage

public string getActiveRenderPath ()

Returns the path of the view that is currently rendered

public __set (mixed $key, mixed $value)

Magic method to pass variables to the views

<?php
$this->view->products = $products;

public __get (mixed $key)

Magic method to retrieve a variable passed to the view

<?php
echo $this->view->products;

public setDI (Phalcon\DiInterface $dependencyInjector) inherited from Phalcon\Di\Injectable

Sets the dependency injector

public getDI () inherited from Phalcon\Di\Injectable

Returns the internal dependency injector

public setEventsManager (Phalcon\Events\ManagerInterface $eventsManager) inherited from Phalcon\Di\Injectable

Sets the event manager

public getEventsManager () inherited from Phalcon\Di\Injectable

Returns the internal event manager