From dda8da10d36bf3ae8f2cefbb9b4402cac48a2cae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olle Haerstedt <olle.haerstedt@limesurvey.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:19:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Dev: Plugins can use $this->renderPartial to render views

Dev: Views must be stored in views/ folder
---
 application/libraries/PluginManager/PluginBase.php | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/application/libraries/PluginManager/PluginBase.php b/application/libraries/PluginManager/PluginBase.php
index a8fb61a1531..063e6c69907 100644
--- a/application/libraries/PluginManager/PluginBase.php
+++ b/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
      *