This method prepares the layout by rendering all the views added to it. It adds the layout's helpers to each view, extends the view's data with the layout's data, and renders each view. If the $merge_data parameter is set to true, it also extends the layout's data with each view's data.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`$merge_data`	`bool`	Whether to merge the layout's data with each view's data. Default is true.

render

Renders the layout and returns it as a string.

public  render({Array})

If the 'prepare' flag is set to true in the view configuration, the layout will be prepared before rendering.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`$data`	`array`	the data to render the layout with

layout

Returns the layout content.

public  layout({Array})

This method prepares the views and merges the data back in, if necessary. The layout content is then returned as a string.

add

Add a view to the layout.

public  add({Array})

This method will add a view based on the supplied argument. If the argument is a string a new Hazaar\View object is created using the view file named in the argument. Alterntively, the argument can be a Hazaar\View object which will simply then be added to the layout.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`$view`	`View`	A string naming the view to load, or an existing Hazaar_View object
`$key`	`string`	Optional key to store the view as. Allows direct referencing later.

remove

Removes a view from the layout.

public  remove({Array})

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`$key`	`string`	the key of the view to remove

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