Kohana 3.2.x: Master Template Controller [step 1]

Let's create a content module that will handle both static and dynamic content:

First enable the module:

modules/application/bootstrap.php

Kohana::modules(array(
.
.
'content' => MODPATH . 'content',   // Content module
.
.
));

Second, create the master template controller:

modules/content/classes/controller/base/template.php

template_name = Kohana::$config->load('content.template.name');
		$this->template = 'template/'.$this->template_name.'/index';
		parent::before();

		if ($this->auto_render) {
			$this->template->title		= '';
			$this->template->content	= '';

			$this->template->styles		= array();
			$this->template->scripts	= array();
		}

	}

	public function after() {
		if ($this->auto_render) {
			$styles = Kohana::$config->load('content.template.style');
			$scripts = Kohana::$config->load('content.template.script');

			$this->template->styles = array_merge( $this->template->styles, $styles );
			$this->template->scripts = array_merge( $this->template->scripts, $scripts );
		}
		parent::after();;
	}

}

Define routes to call the content module:

modules/content/init.php

<?php defined('SYSPATH') or die('No direct script access.');
 
/**
 * Routes for Content
 *
 * @package……Content
 * @category…..Routing
 * @author…….Mauricio Otta
 * @copyright….PortNumber53.com
 */
 
if (! Route::$cache) {
Route::set('homepage-content', '(<language–>"/)()',
array(
  'language' => '(pt-br)',
  'nothing' => '',
))
  ->defaults(array(
  'controller' => 'content',
  'action'     => 'homepage',
));

 Route::set('static-content', '(/).html',
  array(
   'language' => '(pt-br)',
   'path' => '[a-zA-Z0-9_/\.=\-]+',
  ))
  ->defaults(array(
   'controller' => 'content',
   'action'     => 'static',
  ));
}

Define the base content controller

response->body('Controller_Base_Content::index();
');
	}

	public function action_homepage() {
		$this->template->content = 'homepage';
	}

	public function action_static() {

		$path = $this->request->param('path');

		if ($filepath = Kohana::find_file('views', 'content/static/' . $path . '.html')) {
			$filepath = 'content/static/' . $path . '.html';
			//$this->template->content = 'static here'.$filepath;

			$content = new Model_Content();
			$latest_content = $content->get_last_posts(10);

			View::bind_global('latest_content', $latest_content);
			$this->template->content = View::factory($filepath, array(
				'latest_content' => $latest_content,
			))->render();

			switch ($path) {
				case 'privacy-policy': $title = 'Privacy Policy'; break;
				default:
					$title = 'unknown: ' . $path;
			}
			$this->template->facebook_og['og:title'] = $title;
			View::set_global('title', $title);
		} else {
			$this->action_dynamic();
		}
	}

	public function action_dynamic() {

		$path = '/'.$this->request->param('path', '');

		$content = new Model_Content();
		$latest_content = $content->get_last_posts(10);
		View::bind_global('latest_content', $latest_content);

		$post = $content->get_post_by_url($path);

		if ($post && $latest_content) {
			$this->template->content = View::factory('content/main', array(
					'latest_content' => $latest_content,
					'content' => $post,
				)
			);
		} else {
			$this->template->content = View::factory('content/main', array(
					'content' => array(
						'type' => Content::TYPE_UNKNOWN,
						'description' => 'Content not found',
					),
				)
			);
		}
	}
}

Define the content controller (~/modules/content/classes/controller/content.php):

<?php
class Controller_Content extends Controller_Base_Content { }
?>

Store some configuration values for the module (~/modules/content/config/content.php):

 array(
		'name' => 'default',
		'style' => array(
			'media/css/3-column-px.css' => 'screen',
			'media/css/screen.css' => 'screen, projection',
			'media/css/print.css' => 'print',
			'template/default/css/style.css' => 'screen',
		),
		'script' => array(
			'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.js',
		),
	),
);

……………………………………………………………