removing this method again for now since the live controller already implements such a method and therefore docs generation fails. Also other plugin developers might have already implemented such a method maybe

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/core/Plugin/Controller.php b/core/Plugin/Controller.php
index bd3ef0d3bf..5521eaf0c2 100644
--- a/core/Plugin/Controller.php
+++ b/core/Plugin/Controller.php
@@ -249,45 +249,6 @@ abstract class Controller
     }
 
     /**
-     * Assigns the given variables to the template and renders it.
-     *
-     * Example:
-     * ```
- public function myControllerAction () {
-    return $this->render('index', array(
-        'answerToLife' => '42'
-    ));
- }
-     ```
-     * This will render the 'index.twig' file within the plugin templates folder and assign the view variable
-     * `answerToLife` to `42`.
-     *
-     * @param string $template   The name of the template file. If only a name is given it will automatically use
-     *                           the template within the plugin folder. For instance 'myTemplate' will result in
-     *                           '@$pluginName/myTemplate.twig'. Alternatively you can include the full path:
-     *                           '@anyOtherFolder/otherTemplate'. The trailing '.twig' is not needed.
-     * @param array $variables   For instance array('myViewVar' => 'myValue'). In template you can use {{ myViewVar }}
-     * @return string
-     * @since 2.5.0
-     * @api
-     */
-    protected function render($template, array $variables = array())
-    {
-        if (false === strpos($template, '@') || false === strpos($template, '/')) {
-            $template = '@' . $this->pluginName . '/' . $template;
-        }
-
-        $view = new View($template);
-        $this->setBasicVariablesView($view);
-
-        foreach ($variables as $key => $value) {
-            $view->$key = $value;
-        }
-
-        return $view->render();
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Convenience method that creates and renders a ViewDataTable for a API method.
      *
      * @param string|\Piwik\Plugin\Report $apiAction The name of the API action (eg, `'getResolution'`) or