* $view = new JView;
*
* // Assign directly
* $view->var1 = 'something';
* $view->var2 = 'else';
*
* // Assign by name and value
* $view->assign('var1', 'something');
* $view->assign('var2', 'else');
*
* // Assign by assoc-array
* $ary = array('var1' => 'something', 'var2' => 'else');
* $view->assign($obj);
*
* // Assign by object
* $obj = new stdClass;
* $obj->var1 = 'something';
* $obj->var2 = 'else';
* $view->assign($obj);
*
*
*
* @return boolean True on success, false on failure.
*/
public function assign()
{
// Get the arguments; there may be 1 or 2.
$arg0 = @func_get_arg(0);
$arg1 = @func_get_arg(1);
// Assign by object
if (is_object($arg0))
{
// Assign public properties
foreach (get_object_vars($arg0) as $key => $val)
{
if (substr($key, 0, 1) != '_')
{
$this->$key = $val;
}
}
return true;
}
// Assign by associative array
if (is_array($arg0))
{
foreach ($arg0 as $key => $val)
{
if (substr($key, 0, 1) != '_')
{
$this->$key = $val;
}
}
return true;
}
// Assign by string name and mixed value.
// We use array_key_exists() instead of isset() because isset()
// fails if the value is set to null.
if (is_string($arg0) && substr($arg0, 0, 1) != '_' && func_num_args() > 1)
{
$this->$arg0 = $arg1;
return true;
}
// $arg0 was not object, array, or string.
return false;
}
/**
* Assign variable for the view (by reference).
*
* You are not allowed to set variables that begin with an underscore;
* these are either private properties for JView or private variables
* within the template script itself.
*
*
* $view = new JView;
*
* // Assign by name and value
* $view->assignRef('var1', $ref);
*
* // Assign directly
* $view->ref = &$var1;
*
*
* @param string $key The name for the reference in the view.
* @param mixed &$val The referenced variable.
*
* @return boolean True on success, false on failure.
*
* @since 11.1
*/
public function assignRef($key, &$val)
{
if (is_string($key) && substr($key, 0, 1) != '_')
{
$this->$key = &$val;
return true;
}
return false;
}
/**
* Escapes a value for output in a view script.
*
* If escaping mechanism is either htmlspecialchars or htmlentities, uses
* {@link $_encoding} setting.
*
* @param mixed $var The output to escape.
*
* @return mixed The escaped value.
*
* @since 11.1
*/
public function escape($var)
{
if (in_array($this->_escape, array('htmlspecialchars', 'htmlentities')))
{
return call_user_func($this->_escape, $var, ENT_COMPAT, $this->_charset);
}
return call_user_func($this->_escape, $var);
}
/**
* Method to get data from a registered model or a property of the view
*
* @param string $property The name of the method to call on the model or the property to get
* @param string $default The name of the model to reference or the default value [optional]
*
* @return mixed The return value of the method
*
* @since 11.1
*/
public function get($property, $default = null)
{
// If $model is null we use the default model
if (is_null($default))
{
$model = $this->_defaultModel;
}
else
{
$model = strtolower($default);
}
// First check to make sure the model requested exists
if (isset($this->_models[$model]))
{
// Model exists, let's build the method name
$method = 'get' . ucfirst($property);
// Does the method exist?
if (method_exists($this->_models[$model], $method))
{
// The method exists, let's call it and return what we get
$result = $this->_models[$model]->$method();
return $result;
}
}
// Degrade to JObject::get
$result = parent::get($property, $default);
return $result;
}
/**
* Method to get the model object
*
* @param string $name The name of the model (optional)
*
* @return mixed JModel object
*
* @since 11.1
*/
public function getModel($name = null)
{
if ($name === null)
{
$name = $this->_defaultModel;
}
return $this->_models[strtolower($name)];
}
/**
* Get the layout.
*
* @return string The layout name
*/
public function getLayout()
{
return $this->_layout;
}
/**
* Get the layout template.
*
* @return string The layout template name
*/
public function getLayoutTemplate()
{
return $this->_layoutTemplate;
}
/**
* Method to get the view name
*
* The model name by default parsed using the classname, or it can be set
* by passing a $config['name'] in the class constructor
*
* @return string The name of the model
*
* @since 11.1
*/
public function getName()
{
if (empty($this->_name))
{
$r = null;
if (!preg_match('/View((view)*(.*(view)?.*))$/i', get_class($this), $r))
{
JError::raiseError(500, JText::_('JLIB_APPLICATION_ERROR_VIEW_GET_NAME'));
}
if (strpos($r[3], "view"))
{
JError::raiseWarning('SOME_ERROR_CODE', JText::_('JLIB_APPLICATION_ERROR_VIEW_GET_NAME_SUBSTRING'));
}
$this->_name = strtolower($r[3]);
}
return $this->_name;
}
/**
* Method to add a model to the view. We support a multiple model single
* view system by which models are referenced by classname. A caveat to the
* classname referencing is that any classname prepended by JModel will be
* referenced by the name without JModel, eg. JModelCategory is just
* Category.
*
* @param JModel &$model The model to add to the view.
* @param boolean $default Is this the default model?
*
* @return object The added model.
*
* @since 11.1
*/
public function setModel(&$model, $default = false)
{
$name = strtolower($model->getName());
$this->_models[$name] = &$model;
if ($default)
{
$this->_defaultModel = $name;
}
return $model;
}
/**
* Sets the layout name to use
*
* @param string $layout The layout name or a string in format :