I wanna to use database data in the layout, how?

[jobsfan]

In the controller, we can connect database and fetachall and then passed it to view, however I don't known how to passed array or variables to layout.phtml. who can help?

[jobsfan]

I don't know how to use database in the layout.phtml, also, when I wrote the following code at the begining of layout.phtml. It is also error, it says, can not find the file. it seems the path is not correct.

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<?php
$series = file_get_contents('/js/series.js');
$series = json_decode($series,true);
?>
<?php echo $this->doctype(); ?>


[johnmukii]

In the controller to pass data to the layout pass the variables to the view object .
//in the controller
$this->view->yourdata='data';
//in the layout
$this->yourvariable;

[jobsfan]

In the controller to pass data to the layout pass the variables to the view object .
//in the controller
$this->view->yourdata='data';
//in the layout
$this->yourvariable;

thank you!! I got you.

[jobsfan]

In the controller to pass data to the layout pass the variables to the view object .
//in the controller
$this->view->yourdata='data';
//in the layout
$this->yourvariable;

I thought it over, I don't think it is a good way to use this method. Try to imaging that, if we need to fetch category or series from database as navigator in the header area, each page need to show this, in your way, you need to pass data in every controller and every actions, it is not the best way I think.