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Terry151151 · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:33 pm Post subject: Prefilter

In the prefilter is there any way to get the name and path of the template.
What I would like to do is if there is a php file with the same name as the template and in the same folder I would like to load it before the template is compiled.

Thanks in advance
Terry

U.Tews · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 3:17 am Post subject:

The second parameter of the filter is the template object.
$template->source->filepath should return the source template filepath

Terry151151 · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:52 am Post subject: Second thoughts

Now that I think about it I'm not sure the prefilter is the place to put it.

Where I need to put it is in a place after it is compiled and before where the compiled template is executed every time, so that the PHP code run and set up the variables for the template.

Any advice?
Terry

U.Tews · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:24 am Post subject:

Note: The a prefilter runs just once when the template source gets compiled. It does not run on each call of the page.

Variables needed should be assigned by the PHP script before you call the template. The other option would be to call a function plugin from within the template with does the assignments.

Terry151151 · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:14 am Post subject:

Unfortunately that gives me the same problem just in reverse. The PHP code now sets up the variables and then loads the template. Now it's the template that has to load the code. I was hoping to make it a little more transparent/automatic. What I have are small "components" that I load using "include" it would have been nice if I could have just invoked the include of the template and the code followed. But the function plugin might be a slightly better option than having the code load the template. I'll need to think about it.

Regards
Terry