CakePHP中的碎片系统？

Question

I was wondering if CakePHP has something similar to the fragments in Ruby on Rails ?

I've found something here, but, when I try this with a test.ctp in the Elements folder

<?php echo $this->fetch("/Elements/test"); ?>

Nothing happens.

Am I doing something wrong or is there another way ?

Answer 1

Elements don't work like that

Elements are I assume the equivalent of fragments. The element method is used to return the contents of an element (a file containing a chunk of view code):

echo $this->element('some'); // output View/Elements/some.ctp

Fetch is for returning a view block

Fetch is a method used to return the contents of a view block - some pre-rendered, in memory string:

// app/View/Common/view.ctp
<h1><?php echo $this->fetch('title'); ?></h1>
<?php echo $this->fetch('content'); ?>

<div class="actions">
    <h3>Related actions</h3>
    <ul>
    <?php echo $this->fetch('sidebar'); ?>
    </ul>
</div>