How can i use hepers functions in a view ?

[__fabrice]

Hi,
I'm a newbie with TinyMVC and I want to use some functions in a view.

The helper :

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<?php

class TinyMVC_Script_Myhelpers {

function esc($string) {
return htmlentities($string);
}

function anchor($url, $text) {
return "<a href=\"$url\">$text</a>";

}
}

The controller :

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$this->load->script('myhelpers');
The view :

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<p><?php 
//echo TinyMVC_Script_Myhelpers::anchor($output,'this is a link');
echo anchor($output,'this is a link');
?></p>I have an error using the anchor function :

Fatal error: Call to undefined function anchor() in /var/www/framework/tinyMVC/myapp/views/hello_view.php on line 55

Anybody help me please ?

Fabrice

[mohrt]

Is your helper filename all lower-case? required for the autoloader.

[mohrt]

Hmm I guess that is a manual load. It should work, what is the filename of your myhelpers file?

[__fabrice]

Hi,

Is your helper filename all lower-case? required for the autoloader.

Yes

Hmm I guess that is a manual load. It should work, what is the filename of your myhelpers file?

The name of my helper file is : "/myapp/plugins/tinymvc_script_myhelpers.php"

Thanks for help.

For information, i do a basic application with tinyMVC and :

a simple layout system
960GS
lessCSS
jquery
jqueryUI
headjs
modernizr
selectivizr
some hack IE from :   http://code.google.com/p/ie7-js/

Regards,
Fabrice

[eeverts]

Because this topic is not solved, and I had the same problem, and did find the (simple!) solution.

There are two ways to make it work. The first, not preferred:

The helper :

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<?php
class TinyMVC_Script_Myhelpers {
function anchor($url, $text) {
return "<a href=\"$url\">$text</a>";
}
}

The controller :

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$this->load->script('myhelpers');
The view :

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<p><?php 
echo TinyMVC_Script_Myhelpers::anchor($output,'this is a link');
?></p>
The better way, as it should be:

The helper :

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<?php
function anchor($url, $text) {
return "<a href=\"$url\">$text</a>";
}

The controller :

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$this->load->script('myhelpers');
The view :

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<p><?php 
echo anchor($output,'this is a link');
?></p>
Conclusion: use no class-definition in the helper script!

grx, Evert

[mohrt]

Actually that is the way to do it, just use PHP functions in the MyHelpers plugin, as the example is done in the docs. ie, do not make a "myhelpers" class. Only libraries require classes, not scripts.