/**
* Render a sub element from within a view.
*
* Views are not allowed to have business logic, but they can call upon
* other generic, shared, views, called elements here.
*
* @param string $elementName name of element to render
* @param array $data optional data to pass to the element.
* @return void
* @throws Lvc_Exception
* @author Anthony Bush
**/
protected function getElement($elementName, $data = array())
{
$view = Lvc_Config::getElementView($elementName, $data);
if (!is_null($view)) {
$view->setController($this->controller);
return $view->getOutput();
} else {
error_log('Unable to render element "' . $elementName . '"');
// throw new Lvc_Exception('Unable to render element "' . $elementName . '"');
}
}
<?php
// Derived Constants
// (NOTE that these are not needed by LightVC, but are usually useful in the app layer.)
define('APP_PATH', dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/');
define('WWW_BASE_PATH', str_replace('index.php', '', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']));
define('WWW_CSS_PATH', WWW_BASE_PATH . 'css/');
define('WWW_JS_PATH', WWW_BASE_PATH . 'js/');
define('WWW_IMAGE_PATH', WWW_BASE_PATH . 'images/');
// Include and configure the LighVC framework
include_once(APP_PATH . 'modules/lightvc.php');
Lvc_Config::addControllerPath(APP_PATH . 'controllers/');
Lvc_Config::addControllerViewPath(APP_PATH . 'views/');
Lvc_Config::addLayoutViewPath(APP_PATH . 'views/layouts/');
Lvc_Config::addElementViewPath(APP_PATH . 'views/elements/');
Lvc_Config::setViewClassName('AppView');
// Lvc doesn't autoload the AppController, so we have to do it: (this also means we can put it anywhere)
include(APP_PATH . 'classes/AppController.class.php');
include(APP_PATH . 'classes/AppView.class.php');
// Load Routes
include(dirname(__FILE__) . '/routes.php');
?>