Why bother with helpers, the view can call the modules loader directly. Just put my function inside the Modules class definition.

This you put in your controller constructor or in config/autoload.php

I think you can put the $this->modules->load(‘product_list’) into your view, but instead of using a render() method in your module, you must use its constructor. I don’t want to load the modules from my controllers too. When I load a view, it is up to the view to load the modules it may have.

@wiredesignz: Thank you!

I wouldn’t load a module inside a view, and I wouldn’t use a helper, I would add a function to the class as I suggested. Do the whole thing with one line of code in the view.

Using unecessary helpers is just code bloat.

@wiredesignz: agree. Please add it to an “official” piece of code.

Added. Thanks Sam, hope it’s of use.

I wouldn’t load a module inside a view, and I wouldn’t use a helper, I would add a function to the class as I suggested. Do the whole thing with one line of code in the view.

Sorry, I don’t get it… For example, how can I load a module into a <div></div> in my view, with just one line of code, and without loading the module directly from the view? I would like to keep the views and controllers decoupled in respect to the modules. The controller load the view, the view load the modules. If I move a module from one view to another, I don’t want to everytime reflect these changes in the controllers. In this aspect, the modules must be independent from the controllers.

Edmilson, I have added a new method to load and render any module from your view. You don’t need to load it in a controller unless you need to access it somehow.

Is the url still the same?

E.g. http://www.site.com/module/controller/function ?

Is there anyway of making it http://www.site.com/controller/function like normally?

Edmilson, I have added a new method to load and render any module from your view.

In this case, isn’t the index() function of a controller equivalent to the render() function of a module? What happen if I write an index() function in my module? Will it not be executed by default? Instead of a render() method, I could use index() and/or a constructor, to keep it more close to the controller standard. What do you think?

Kemik - 20 February 2008 05:58 PM

Is the url still the same?

E.g. http://www.site.com/module/controller/function ?

Is there anyway of making it http://www.site.com/controller/function like normally?

Sorry, this modules is not the same as Zach’s Matchbox modules.
This is a HMVC style system where the modules act as psuedo-controllers and can be used to perform a specific MVC process (modular).
They aren’t aware of the routing or uri structure of an application unless you make it so. I have used the _remap() function in my main controller to decide which module to load and run.

@Edmilson: Yes you could use index() as the default method in a module.