how do I insert output from othermodules/controllers in a view

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I have a view and I want to display data that would be generated by othe modules and controllers on the page.

What is the best way to do this?

For example: If on a certain page I want to pull in the latest news from the news module.

David Snabel-Caunt · Accepted Answer · 2009-06-10 20:50:09Z

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There's a view helper called Action which allows you to call another controller's action (and display the markup generated).

I would add an action called latestNewsAction that renders a latest news panel/div/list and call that using the action view helper.

answered Jun 10, 2009 at 20:50

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Jesse Lesperance Over a year ago

Does this work if the action/controller is in a different module?

David Snabel-Caunt Over a year ago

Yep, and you can pass params in an array as the 4th parameter to the helper, especially useful if you need a way of telling the view to do something slightly different when it's called from another view!

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