Dev: Plugins can use $this->renderPartial to render views

Dev: Views must be stored in views/ folder

application/libraries/PluginManager/PluginBase.php

@@ -290,6 +290,20 @@ protected function getDir()
         return dirname($fileName);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Look for views in plugin views/ folder and render it (no echo)
+     *
+     * @param string $viewfile Filename of view in views/ folder
+     * @param array $data
+     * @return string;
+     */
+    public function renderPartial($viewfile, $data)
+    {
+        $alias = 'plugin_views_folder' . $this->id;
+        \Yii::setPathOfAlias($alias, $this->getDir());
+        return \Yii::app()->controller->renderPartial($alias .'.views.' . $viewfile, $data, true);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Translation for plugin
      *