Fatfree Framework nested Templates - fat-free-framework

Question

Trying to wrap my head around Fatfree and how I can nest templates using data from the DB.
So far I have a home page loading that loads three templates. So good so far and everything works.
Main class
function homePage($f3){
$f3->set('slider','slider.html');
$f3->set('testimonials','testimonials.html');
$f3->set('cardContainer','cardContainer.html');
echo Template::instance()->render('home.html');
}
Home.html
<include href="{{ #slider }}" />
<include href="{{ #testimonials }}" />
<include href="{{ #cardContainer }}" />
CardContainer needs to load cards containing images and other text that are stored in the DB. I can get those rows from the DB no problem in the Main class and var_dump them to the view.
How ever I'm not understanding how I add that data to a card template and then insert that card into the cardContainer? I'm not even sure what I need to be looking for to make this possible. Any direction would be much appriciated. If this was done in straight up PHP I would be done by now.
Thanks for any help or guidance you can provide.

Answer 1

You would pull them out of your database and do one of 2 things:
<?php
// option 1
function homePage($f3){
$cards = $f3->db->getYourCardsOrWhatever();
$f3->set('cards', $cards);
$f3->set('slider','slider.html');
$f3->set('testimonials','testimonials.html');
// then in here you would reference #cards in a <repeat> element
$f3->set('cardContainer','cardContainer.html');
echo Template::instance()->render('home.html');
}
// option 2
?>
<include href="{{ #slider }}" />
<include href="{{ #testimonials }}" />
<include href="{{ #cardContainer }}" with="cards={{ #cards_from_somewhere_to_inject }}" />