Displaying another controller's view inside a view

Question

I'm using cakephp and I want the login view for the controller 'users' to be displayed on the default.ctp for the layout controller. I can I do this?

For example:

<div id="leftNav">
    <div id="login-block" class="block">
        <?php 
            //render users/login here
        ?>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="/users/login">Login</a></li>
            <li><a href="/users/register">Register</a></li>
            <li><a href="/users/logout">Logout</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</div>

Answer 1

I would make it an element - they are designed for re-usable code chunks that can be used anywhere.

To summarize the functionality, in your view you'd use:

<?php echo $this->element('login'); ?>

and put your "login-block" div login stuff in

/app/views/elements/login.ctp

Answer 2

If you don't use elements for that and you already have the login view you can use it like this

<?php echo $this->requestAction('/users/login'); ?>