*Full Model Alternative.*
*
*
*You pass the model, since it represents your data, and view(s) are
responsable for model representation.
*
Regards,
Saša Stamenković
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Hector Virgen <djvir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Do you spoon-feed your views from your controller? In other words, do you
> provide your view with every piece of information it needs to render, or do
> you just pass the full model to the view and let the view pull from the
> model on its own?
>
> For example:
>
> *Spoon-fed views*
> // in controller
> public function viewAction()
> {
> $blog = {aquire blog entry model somehow}
> $this->view->title = $blog->getTitle();
> $this->view->description = $blog->getDescription();
> $this->view->content = $blog->getContent();
> }
>
> // in view
> <h1><?= $this->escape($this->title) ?></h1>
> <div class="description"><?= $this->escape($this->description) ?></div>
> <div class="content"><?= $this->escape($this->content) ?></div>
>
> *Full Model Alternative*
> **// in controller
> public function viewAction()
> {
> $blog = {aquire blog entry model somehow}
> $this->view->blog = $blog;
> }
>
> // in view
> <h1><?= $this->escape($this->blog->getTitle()) ?></h1>
> <div class="description"><?= $this->escape($this->blog->getDescription())
> ?></div>
> <div class="content"><?= $this->escape($this->blog->getContent()) ?></div>
>
> I personally have been using the alternative and pass the entire model to
> the view, but I have seen a blog posts where views are spoon fed. Usually
> with something along the lines of:
>
> $this->view->assign($model->toArray());
>
> I can see advantages and disadvantages to each approach. For example, I
> believe the view should be responsible for deciding what content to display.
> If later we decide we need to also display the date, then it's a simple
> change in the view layer only.
>
> But spoon-fed views seem like they'd be easier for designers to work with
> and can prevent the view from doing things it shouldn't be allowed to do
> (like modifying the model).
>
> Which do you use, or is there a better way?
>
> --
> Hector
>
