Hi,
I'm a complete newb trying to learn the zend framework. I set up a 'master page' with zend_layout, and the "content" section is working fine with my controllers/views. However, I want my sidebar to be dynamic as well, and I can't figure out how. My directory structure looks like this:
+application
+default
+controllers
-IndexController.php
+layouts
-layout.phtml
+models
+views
+scripts
+index
-sidebar.phtml
My simplified layout.phtml file looks like this:
<html>
<body>
<div id="content">
<?php echo $this->layout()->content; ?>
</div>
<div id="navigation">
</div>
<?php echo $this->layout()->sidebar; ?>
</body>
</html>
This is an example of one of my controllers:
<?php
class IndexController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
public function init(){
$response = $this->getResponse();
$response->insert('sidebar', $this->view->render('sidebar.phtml'));
}
//other functions below
My sidebar.phtml file looks something like this:
<div class="navigation">
<h1>Recent Posts</h1>
<ul>
<?php echo $this->iWantToBeDynamic; ?>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="navigation">
<h1>Categories</h1>
<ul>
<?php echo $this->iWantToBeDynamic; ?>
</ul>
</div>
Is it possible to add a controller to my sidebar.phtml file? If so, how, if not, what is the best possible way to make this sidebar dynamic?
