Template system

Python

My next step in php is to tro to learn how to use a template system. by this i mean where i can have a page called index.php and the design would be determined by index.tpl

Then id like to be able to do what phpbb templates do and have {SOMETHING_COOL} to display a certain text or item.

Anyone know of any tutorials on this?

tony

you could try webmonkey.com
not sure if they have any but they have tutorials for pretty much everything else

Python

i had a quick look and i couldnt find anything about it. i did have some other good tutorials though

Chroder

It's quite simple Python, basically you load the file (ie. 'index.tpl') then search for {SOMETHING_COOL} and replace it with "Something else". For example:

[code:1:f73c78e1e3]$tpl = file_get_contents('index.tpl');
$tpl = str_replace('{SOMETHING_COOL', 'Something else', $tpl);

echo $tpl;[/code:1:f73c78e1e3]

Of course, you'd probably stick this into a class of some sort.

Python

yeah. ill have a quick search on google sometime for a more detaled tutorial on it. because it would be really cool if i could make it based on language files too

Chroder

What you could do is make an array of your language texts, then loop through them.

[code:1:51e8a5b040]$lang = array('hello' => 'Hello', 'welcome' => 'Welcome to DD', 'time' => 'It\'s time again!');

foreach($lang AS $k => $v)
{
$tpl = str_replace("{LNG.$k}", $v, $tpl);
}

echo $tpl;[/code:1:51e8a5b040]

So in that example, {LNG.hello} would be replaced with 'Hello' etc.

basher772000

hey thats for those discriptions i have been learning php for some time my forum is http://www.zackszone.com so im going to be making some things for a new site

Python

hi basher,

thanks for joining in and posting but it would be better if you didnt spam.

basher772000

Hey Python i wasnt trying to spam i was sent here but a freind thats builds websites and i was reading about php and saw this and it helped me with the site im putting to gether
sorry if you though it was spaming i will not do it again

Python

ahh i see. its ok.

i wont count it against you

so why dont you introduce yourself. maybe even get some reviews on your site at our reveiws section

tntcheats

Welcome to the forums.

Python, I've been looking for this sort of a thing for a while and never thought to ask. Thanks for posting the thread, and I'll be sure to read it when I start learning a little more PHP; at the moment I probably could understand it, I'm just not willing to without being in must-learn-PHP-mode.

basher772000

Well ok i guess ill introduce myself well im zack i build web sites for fun and just recently made a web forum using phpBB2

tntcheats

Welcome to the forums, Zack.

Chroder

Welcome Zack.

Hmm, phpBB has no split feature apparently.

Python

lmao,

its does its just i havent got a clue how to split topics, hehe.

ill learn soon

plus your a mod

celicauk

Hi

Check out the articles on Devshed.com, there is a five part series on there about building a site engine CMS, its a little incomplete but it has a lot of good ideas. I am working a version at the moment using PHP 4. Templates are XML based so I am writing a parser that emulates the simpleXML functionality in PHP5.

Cheers

Simon