Smarty

[devnul]

Hello,

This relates, somewhat, to the issue of using a GUI design tool in conjunction with Smarty.... I had an idea the other night and it works for a lot of things, but not quite enough... I was wondering if this is:

A) even a smart(y) thing to do?

... if so..

B) is there anyway to improve it..

Let me start off with a "simple" example of a form INPUT tag:

[muppie]

This seems like a good idea... perhaps you only need to make your code so that it is easy to add more tag type, perhaps with a simple definition of tag / replacement using regex? So when you encounter a new tag to add, just add a single line to the regex list ?

And this regex list is in the array so you just do preg_match..

I wrote my own class to handle form generation / validation and the HTML itself doesn't contain any real tag... the form looks like:

{$form.start} instead of <form .....>
{$form.controls.first_name} instead of <input type="text" name="first_name">

This gives me the freedom to change things e.g. from a text input to a drop down select box from code and the template doesn't need to change. But on the other hand I need to find a way to let the template designer specify things like css class and visual characteristics. This can probably be fixed using your method with prefilter or use a custom smarty tag.

I prefer your method as it makes the form looks "normal"
Perhaps I can simply write a prefilter to convert this as well... this is something I have been contemplating but too lazy to do it since I'm the only one editing the template hehe

[devnul]

Yeah, I've been giving this some thought lately.. I';m not quite sure how to go forward with it, right now I just need to get this project finished.. After that I think I'm going to dive into it a bit more....

I'll keep you updated as it progresses..

- Greg