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3.14.4 Plugin Views

Views behave exactly as they do in normal applications. Just place them in the right folder inside of the /app/plugins/[plugin]/views/ folder. For our pizza ordering plugin, we'll need a view for our PizzaOrdersController::index() action, so let's include that as well:

// /app/plugins/pizza/views/pizza_orders/index.ctp:
<h1>Order A Pizza</h1>
<p>Nothing goes better with Cake than a good pizza!</p>
<!-- An order form of some sort might go here....-->
  1. // /app/plugins/pizza/views/pizza_orders/index.ctp:
  2. <h1>Order A Pizza</h1>
  3. <p>Nothing goes better with Cake than a good pizza!</p>
  4. <!-- An order form of some sort might go here....-->

For information on how to use elements from a plugin, look up Requesting Elements from a Plugin

# Overriding plugin views from inside your application

You can override any plugin views from inside your app using special paths. If you have a plugin called 'Pizza' you can override the view files of the plugin with more application specific view logic by creating files using the following template "app/views/plugins/$plugin/$controller/$view.ctp". For the pizza controller you could make the following file:

/app/views/plugins/pizza/pizza_orders/index.ctp
  1. /app/views/plugins/pizza/pizza_orders/index.ctp

Creating this file, would allow you to override "/app/plugins/pizza/views/pizza_orders/index.ctp".

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