function render($params)
{
$theme_name = $params->get('theme', 'basic');
$this->_loadTheme($theme_name);
// Run the basic formatter
GantryMenu::_applyBasicFormatting($this->_menudata);
if (!empty($this->_formatter)) {
$this->_formatter->format_tree($this->_menudata);
}
// format the menu data $menu is passed to the layout
$menu =& $this->_menudata;
$menurender = "Unable to render menu missing layout.php for theme " . $theme_name;
if (!empty($this->_layout_path) && file_exists($this->_layout_path) && is_readable($this->_layout_path)) {
ob_start();
require $this->_layout_path;
$menurender = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
}
return $menurender;
}
