XF 2.2 Render template html output to a variable

[ivanr]

Hey all,

Is it possible to render template or macro and get html output into a variable? I tried doing something like this:

$latest_posts = $this->app->templater()->renderMacro('public:modules_macros','latest_posts', $viewParams);

or

$latest_posts = $this->app->templater()->renderTemplate('latest_posts', $viewParams);

But I only get empty string, no erros of any kind.

Thanks in advance

 

[smozgur]

Although the preferred way is to create a controller action instead, and return a view by providing the template name and view parameters, to get this code working, you need to include the template type - in type:templatename format.

If it is a public template, then:

$latest_posts = $this->app->templater()->renderTemplate('public:latest_posts', $viewParams);

 

[ivanr]

Thank you for the reply, indeed template type was missing from variable (would give error). Problem was somewhere in my dev server which i yet have to determine, on local this code works perfectly.

Btw, im calling this from controller action method and reason for this is that I want to render several macros for different things ( fe. latests posts, latest stats etc,) and pack the all in single xen json response. Addon is called from joomla and provides data for several joomla modules.

 

[Lukas W.]

The templater hasn't been fully initialized in the controller yet, so a lot of global variables will be missing when you try to render templates there. The correct place to render templates is a view, or as includes in the final template.