How to pass data from different sources using mustache.php and mustache partials?

Question

I'm using mustache.php. Suppose I have an HTML structure like the following (just an example to let you understand my problem) in my mustache template:

<nav>
    <div>
        <div>
            <a>{{object1.title}}</a>
        </div>
        <menu>
            {{#object2.items}}
                <li><a>{{title}}</a></li>
            {{/object2.items}}
        </menu>
    </div>
</nav>

My problem here is that my data that the template should use comes from two different sources (object1 and object2).

According to mustache.php wiki I could load a template like so:

<?php

$object1 = some_function_returns_a_json_object( 1 );

$mustache = new Mustache_Engine();
$my_template = $mustache->loadTemplate( 'my_template' ); // will fetch my_template.mustache
echo $my_template->render( $object1 ); // passes data from $object1 to my_template.mustache

But how about my menu items in the html example above? they need to be sourced from another object which I can't have in the same $object1.

I haven't understood how to deal with one template (and partials) and data from multiple sources.

Should I split the HTML above in different partials? Even so, how do I pass the json data to nested partials anyway?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 19 '14 at 11:24

oh just figured it out

I can pass my objects as an array here

echo $my_template->render( array( 'object1' => $object1, 'object2' => $object2 ) );

and it will work - wasn't too clear in mustache.php docs

not sure if it's the best practice but looks good also for use in partials

How to pass data from different sources using mustache.php and mustache partials?

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