[SOLVED] Passing a variable to the template.php file in FuelPHP Framework

Passing a variable to the template.php file in FuelPHP Framework

I am really new to FuelPHP and PHP / frameworks in general and managed to get everything setup and some controllers running etc. However I am not sure how I can pass a variable I set to the template.php file.

app/views/template.php

Part in question:

<body class="<?php echo $bodyClass; ?>">

app/classes/controller/dashboard.php

class Controller_Dashboard extends Controller_Template
{

    /**
     * The basic welcome message
     *
     * @access  public
     * @return  Response
     */
    public function action_index()
    {
        return Response::forge(View::forge('dashboard/index'));
    }

    /**
     * The 404 action for the application.
     *
     * @access  public
     * @return  Response
     */
    public function action_404()
    {
        return Response::forge(Presenter::forge('dashboard/404'), 404);
    }
}

app/classes/view/dashboard/index.php

class View_Dashboard_Index extends ViewModel
{
    /**
     * Prepare the view data, keeping this in here helps clean up
     * the controller.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function view()
    {
        $this->template = $this->request()->param('bodyClass', '');
    }
}

I am sure im getting it wrong, well clearly i am as its not working and i get:

Fuel\Core\PhpErrorException [ Notice ]:
Undefined variable: bodyClass

C:/Websites/Annilla/Clients/Four04 Packaging/DEV/NEW/BUILD/backend/app/views/template.php @ line 24

Any ideas?

Also one another thing, is it possible to add partials like loading in menus, headers, footers etc?

Solution

Just add another property inside:

$this->template->bodyClass = 'container'; // just assign

And yes, you can add other properties as well.