How to use partial tag inside a plugin in OctoberCMS?

Need Help
#1

Inside my plugin in /plugins/acme/blog/views/mytemplate.htm

I have this code

{% partial 'test' vars=values}

this returns Unknown "partial" tag

and it’s called by an internal code with

return View::make('acme.blog::mytemplate', $values);

since it’s not called by the CMS it’s missing some functionality I guess. Is there a way to include a partial inside a view and still pass data to the partial?
I also tried the include function from twig include - Documentation - Twig - The flexible, fast, and secure PHP template engine but I’m not sure what location path to use since I’m getting “file not found” for every combination

#2

If I’m not mistaken, the back end partials don’t accept any twig values, but they have PHP functionality so you can write PHP functions inside of the view file.

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#3

Partials depend heavily on the CMS controller lifecycle and aren’t supported by Laravel’s view engine because of this. Using {% include %} is the closest you’ll get.

You can render partials programatically by creating an instance of the CMS Controller and calling renderPartial()

$controller = Controller::getController() ?: new Controller;
$controller->renderPartial('...');
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#4

Hi,
how do I put this code inside the view file (.htm)? The “PHP functionality” @artistro08 was referring to.

#5

Try adding this to your plugin registration file

public function registerMarkupTags()
{
    return [
        'functions' => [
            'include_partial' => function($name, $params = []) {
                $controller = \Cms\Classes\Controller::getController() ?: new \Cms\Classes\Controller;
                return $controller->renderPartial($name, $params, false);
            },
        ]
    ];
}

This should give you access via Twig, like so:

{{ include_partial('somepartial', { foo: 'bar' }) }}
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#6

Hi,
now I’m facing the path problem. What is the root of renderPartail when it looks for partials? I tried every single combination and I’m getting an empty output. Is there a way to debug this?

renderPartial is called from here
/plugins/acme/blog/views/test1/main.htm

and the partial is here
/plugins/acme/blog/views/test1/partials/test_partial.htm

{{ include_partial(‘test_partial’, { foo: ‘bar’ }) }}

and

{{ include_partial(‘partials/test_partial’, { foo: ‘bar’ }) }}

return an empty result

#7

Could anyone please help me? At least a way to debug it?

#8

It looks for partials inside the active theme. Consider using the {% include %} tag

{% include 'acme.blog::test1.partials.test_partial' %}
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#9

Thank you that syntax worked for me.