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Fenn
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 Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 5:19 pm Post subject: Operaters |
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While designing an updated template I ran into some minor snags caused by the fact that the comparision operaters < and > are the same as the HTML tag delimiters. I think maybe it would be an idea to replace variable operators that use < and > with some kind of nemonic. The current code is as follows:
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{if $striplist[row].days_ago<-1}{$striplist[row].days_ago|replace:'-':''} days away
{elseif $striplist[row].days_ago==-1}tomorrow
{elseif $striplist[row].days_ago==0}Today
{elseif $striplist[row].days_ago==1}Yesterday
{else}{$striplist[row].days_ago} days ago{/if}
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As you can imagine, Dreamweaver doesn't like this very much and keeps trying to replace the < symbols with HTML entities. Life would be a lot easier if instead of < you couls use "lt" (less than) and instead of > you could use "gt" (greater than) |
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messju
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 5:34 pm Post subject: Re: Operaters |
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| Fenn wrote: | | Life would be a lot easier if instead of < you couls use "lt" (less than) and instead of > you could use "gt" (greater than) |
then just use "lt" and "gt". smarty supports them for ages  |
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Fenn
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| OK, then I change my feature request to have that stuff IN THE DOCUMENTATION! The page on Math just says "you can use math with variables" and doesn't mention that. |
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boots
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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It was actually added to the documentation about 3 months ago (details).
Note that it was added to the doc page for the "if" function and not for the math functionality.
Greets. |
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Fenn
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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Why is it on the page for if but not the page for math? That's going to lead to frustration, as I can attest to. People wanting help over what operaters are legal in math are not going to go to the page on if without, at the least, a note at the bottom of the page, something along the lines of "For more information on available operaters, consult the documentation on if".
Don't get me wrong, I do think Smarty is an excelent package but the documentation sucks. Just one link on the math page would have been all that was needed to avoid this. Or maybe having a seperate section on operaters that both if and math then link to. |
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boots
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Fenn wrote: | Why is it on the page for if but not the page for math? That's going to lead to frustration, as I can attest to. People wanting help over what operaters are legal in math are not going to go to the page on if without, at the least, a note at the bottom of the page, something along the lines of "For more information on available operaters, consult the documentation on if".
Don't get me wrong, I do think Smarty is an excelent package but the documentation sucks. |
Its not included with the section on math because it is not related to math functionality -- it is strictly related to the way "if" is processed. Your example is indeed concerned precisely with that. May I ask why you thought to look under "math" (instead of "if") and what alternative organization you may suggest? Perhaps there is a way to better present the material. |
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