Why I miss WordPress... just a little bit

[jenstornell]

I’ve been that road before. Unfortunately there is nothing like a shared controller. I tried to make one but it doesn’t make things much easier.

Shared controller

A controller is always attached to a template. I needed to have the same code in three different controllers. I felt bad about duplicating the code. It also felt strange to create a plugin and jump between the controller and the plugin. Shared controller In the controllers where you have duplicated code, (for example /site/controllers/home.php) do this: require_once kirby()->roots()->controllers() . '/shared/my-shared-controller.php'; Try it out In /site/controllers/shared/my-shared-controll…

The issue also appered here:

Shared controllers?

I have read about Kirby controllers. It’s nice to have functions attached to a template. Are there any shared controllers? What I mean is a controller that are used by more than one template. An example: A function to be put, for example in a controller. function widget() { echo 'Do this in my sidebar'; } …used by… /blog/a-post /blog/a-post2 /home Home and blog are different template files. I could duplicate code or have it in a plugin. Should I not use controllers for shared function…

And here:

Controller for whole site

Hi, I wonder if i can have (something like) a controller for my whole site? Use case: I got some “main” pages (template = main) and some other pages with different templates and the navigation is split between these pages so it would be nice to have this controller loaded on any page to use it for my menu snippet: <?php return function($site, $pages, $page) { // find main pages $mainPages = $pages->filterBy('template', 'main'); // find other pages $auxPages = $pages…