Smarty

[TimJim]

My site uses a set of diferent templates, that I'd put together with my old template system. For example I got a main.tpl in which are two variables $content and $buttons. To this variables I assigned other templates (but always diferents), which can be static or dynamic.

Is it possible in some way to assign to a variable a full template and handle this as if it is part of the main template, so that i can use all the functions of Smarty?

Or can I do this with the include function? But how can I change the name of the included file dynamically? But how I understood the include function, there is is only the possibilty to assign variables to the included file, without all the other functionality of Smarty.

Thx for helping.

[messju]

you can do {include file=$template_filename} with $template being an assigned variable.

this is always much better than {eval var=$template_sourcecode}. with {include} you have templates compiled just once. with eval the sourcecode hase to be
compiled on every call. the performance difference is *huge*.

[TimJim]

And with the included template I can do all the stuff like in the main template? Functions, sections, variables, ...?

btw: I just saw, that you come from Germany, too. Greetz from Hamburg...

[messju]

yes of course.

{assign var=foo value="foo.tpl"}{include file=$foo}
is semantically equivalent to
{include file="foo.tpl"}

greetings to hamburg, that's really not far away

[TimJim]

Does it matter in which order I assign the variables? For example if I assign a variable of the included template before I assign the variable which file I will include?

[messju]

yes, the order matters. the variable gets accessible *after* the assign.

so
{$foo}{assign var=foo value="HELO"}{$foo}
will show "HELO" just once and not twice (the first {$foo} will be empty).

normally you shouldn't use such assigns in the template, it was just for the example. you should assign the variable in you php-script before you display the template:

$smarty->assign('foo', 'foo.tpl');

and in the template do:
{include file=$foo}

[TimJim]

I refer me to the include template.

For example:

main.tpl:
bla<br>
{include file=$template_name}

additional.tpl:
{$name}

This one works:
index.php:
$smarty = new Smarty;
$smarty->assign('name', 'blubb');
$smarty->assign('template_name', 'additional.tpl');
$smarty->display('index.tpl');

As well as this one:
index.php:
$smarty = new Smarty;
$smarty->assign('template_name', 'additional.tpl');
$smarty->assign('name', 'blubb');
$smarty->display('index.tpl');

Is this a special case, because I'm including a template or why is the order not relevant?

[boots]

because the template isn't processed until you call display (or fetch).

[dilvie]

[messju]

on
http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.function.include.php

it reads:
{* windows absolute filepath (MUST use "file:" prefix) *}
{include file="file:C:/www/pub/templates/header.tpl"}

did you do that?

[dilvie]

[mohrt]

I've comtemplated making smarty ignore one-character resource names. That way c:foo/bar.tpl will work as expected. You just have to name your resources with two characters or more. Any thoughts on that?

[andre]

Even simplier way, Monte:
Why don't you "hardcode" C..Z as resource locators if the current OS is Windows?

if method Smarty::_get_php_resource():

[mohrt]

Hmm, I wouldn't want to treat C: as a resource type, I'd want it to be part of the filepath (which it is). Also, treating C: different on windows and other OS would only cause confusion. What if someone on linux created a resource type called "C" and someone on windows tried to use it?

The cleanest method would be to ignore one-character resource types and treat them as part of the filepath. If someone tries to register a one-character resource then throw an error.

Monte

[andre]