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107 lines
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title: Rendering data to a template
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summary: Call and render SilverStripe templates manually.
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# Rendering data to a template
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Templates do nothing on their own. Rather, they are used to render a particular object. All of the `<% if %>`,
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`<% loop %>` and other variables are methods or parameters that are called on the current object in
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[scope](syntax#scope). All that is necessary is that the object is an instance of [ViewableData](api:SilverStripe\View\ViewableData) (or one of its
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subclasses).
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The following will render the given data into a template. Given the template:
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**mysite/templates/Coach_Message.ss**
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```ss
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<strong>$Name</strong> is the $Role on our team.
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```
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Our application code can render into that view using `renderWith`. This method is called on the [ViewableData](api:SilverStripe\View\ViewableData)
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instance with a template name or an array of templates to render.
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**mysite/code/Page.php**
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```php
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$arrayData = new SilverStripe\View\ArrayData([
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'Name' => 'John',
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'Role' => 'Head Coach'
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]);
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echo $arrayData->renderWith('Coach_Message');
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// returns "<strong>John</strong> is the Head Coach on our team."
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```
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<div class="info" markdown="1">
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Most classes in SilverStripe you want in your template extend `ViewableData` and allow you to call `renderWith`. This
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includes [Controller](api:SilverStripe\Control\Controller), [FormField](api:SilverStripe\Forms\FormField) and [DataObject](api:SilverStripe\ORM\DataObject) instances.
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</div>
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```php
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$controller->renderWith(['MyController', 'MyBaseController']);
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SilverStripe\Security\Security::getCurrentUser()->renderWith('Member_Profile');
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```
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`renderWith` can be used to override the default template process. For instance, to provide an ajax version of a
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template.
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```php
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use SilverStripe\CMS\Controllers\ContentController;
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class PageController extends ContentController
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{
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private static $allowed_actions = ['iwantmyajax'];
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public function iwantmyajax()
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{
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if (Director::is_ajax()) {
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return $this->renderWith('AjaxTemplate');
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} else {
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return $this->httpError(404);
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}
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}
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}
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```
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Any data you want to render into the template that does not extend `ViewableData` should be wrapped in an object that
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does, such as `ArrayData` or `ArrayList`.
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```php
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use SilverStripe\View\ArrayData;
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use SilverStripe\ORM\ArrayList;
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use SilverStripe\Control\Director;
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use SilverStripe\CMS\Controllers\ContentController;
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class PageController extends ContentController
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{
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// ..
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public function iwantmyajax()
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{
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if (Director::is_ajax()) {
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$experience = new ArrayList();
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$experience->push(new ArrayData([
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'Title' => 'First Job'
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]));
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return $this->customise(new ArrayData([
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'Name' => 'John',
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'Role' => 'Head Coach',
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'Experience' => $experience
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]))->renderWith('AjaxTemplate');
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} else {
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return $this->httpError(404);
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}
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}
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}
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```
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## Related Lessons
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* [Controller actions/DataObjects as pages](https://www.silverstripe.org/learn/lessons/v4/controller-actions-dataobjects-as-pages-1)
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* [AJAX behaviour and ViewableData](https://www.silverstripe.org/learn/lessons/v4/ajax-behaviour-and-viewabledata-1)
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* [Dealing with arbitrary template data](https://www.silverstripe.org/learn/lessons/v4/dealing-with-arbitrary-template-data-1)
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* [Creating filtered views](https://www.silverstripe.org/learn/lessons/v4/creating-filtered-views-1) |