Views and Elements

Render an element (re-usable sub-view):

<?php $this->renderElement('foo'); ?>

Render an element with data:

<?php $this->renderElement('foo', array('varName' => 'value')); ?>

Setting Layout Variables

In the view/element:

$this->setLayoutVar('layoutVarName', 'value');

In the layout:

<?php echo $layoutVarName ?>