how to include view in lithium framework

Question

I am using lithium framework to do my application because it supports mongodb ,

Now I am trouble with how to include another view file in a view file

For example I get a view file named 'menu.html.php'

<div id='menu'>
    <ul>
        <li>home</li><li>about</li><li>contact</li>
    </ul>
</div>

In my 'index.html.php' ,I want to inlude the above file so that I don't have to write the same code each time. So that's my solution

<?php 

$base = ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']);

echo $this->render($base.'/app/views/meeting/mainmenu.html.php');
?>

I think there must be a better way to do that.Because every time I need to calculate the full view path.

I haven't yet find the answer in lithium's doc. Any helps would be thanks

Answer 1

You can use this in your view files to render elements:

<?= $this->_render('element', 'resources/list-single', compact('resource')); ?>

Will render the file 'app/views/elements/resources/list-single.html.php'. $resource will also be available in the sub-template.