#Load A Joomla! Template File From A Separate View
I am working hard to improve the quality of my php code and one of significant technique is to use the DRY principle.
However this can become a little harder to stick to when using a framework / CMS. I mostly work with Joomla! and when building custom components for it, sometimes things get a little non-DRY!
However (although not that thoroughly documented) there are some things you can do to help keep your code DRY!
When building a Joomla! component you set up folders for each "view" or page of your component. You can set up multiple separate files within these template folders that get used / loaded when required.
Often you might wish to use an existing template file from one "view" in another "view".
You can use a template file from a separate view by loading the template path as follows:
$this ->addTemplatePath( JPATH_COMPONENT . '/views/[view name]/tmpl/' );
You can then load the file you need in the normal way:
echo $this->loadTemplate('[template file]');
More recent version of Joomla! also have a new "Layouts" system for sharing code across multiple views. This is also very good and has some better documentation.