Block's Don't Accept Data from the View about ocular-template-library HOT 3 CLOSED

First - glad you're enjoying Ocular. I almost can't imagine working without it anymore. :)

The times I've done things like this, I haven't needed the blocks feature. Instead I've just used CI's standard:

$this->load->view('single_entry', $entries)

And looped inside of the 'single_entry' file.

What you're recommending make sense, though I'm not sure that I see the need to complicate things by having Ocular perform the loop, when a simple PHP (or even a template parser) call will do the trick.

I will add in the ability to pass data to the block, though.

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Version 2.13 (available in just a few minutes) includes two items for you:

First: you can now pass an array into the block() method.

Second: A new function, called themed_view(), which acts like a helper function, just like the breadcrumb function. It takes the path to a view, relative to the theme folder, and a data array, then renders the view based on the current theme. This was a function that I needed recently while working on a mobile version of a site where blocks felt too heavy handed.

That should handle most of your needs, right there. Let me know if something broke. I ran some quick tests and everything appears to be working, but you never know. :)

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Awesome stuff, Lonnie!

However, the updates to the block don't seem to do what I need—I'm passing an object to the block, but it appears that it will only work with an array. In any event, I took your original advice and use the Loader class to call the view and passing an object. I originally tried this, but was unaware that this ran a PHP extract, and output the object fields as variables, So $object->field becomes $field. Cool stuff.

Again, thanks for the great work!

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