Re: challenging Smarty - componentized template

In short: include_php isn't typically necessary, use a custom function
instead. Example:

{load_ticker assign="ticker"}
Stock Name: {$ticker.name} Stock Price: {$ticker.price}

Here the load_ticker function goes to the work of fetching the ticker
info and assigning it to $ticker.

Using a custom function, you can just drop it into the plugin directory
and use it. {include_php ...} requires another place to contain your php
script and a little different method to put together. They essentially
perform the same operation in this case.

{include_php ...} isn't necessary unless you want to quarantine the
functionality to a "trusted" directory outside of the plugin directory.
I would recommend using custom functions whenever possible. I doubt
there is a significant performance difference between them, but I
haven't benchmarked it myself.

Monte

On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 16:44, Muhammed Mamedov wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marcus Bointon" <[email protected]>
> To: "Smarty dev" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 1:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [SMARTY-DEV] challenging Smarty - componentized template
> 
> 
> > on 14/2/04 22:23, Muhammed Mamedov at [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > > But still having some questions with the general Smarty work principle,
> like
> > > for example "Is there a performance difference using {include
> file='dddd.tpl'}
> > > and {include_php file=''somephp.file}?" I am currently trying `smartize`
> my
> > > 100% ready and running PHP site and wonder if I have to transform my
> .php
> > > includes into .tpl files where possible, or including php directly in
> > > templates is also ok..
> >
> > I don't know what the performance difference might be, because you
> probably
> > shouldn't be doing it anyway. Most of the point of Smarty is to keep code
> > out of your templates, or at least keep it to handling presentation logic
> > (which is what Smarty's logic is for), so you should not really ever need
> to
> > include a PHP file in your template.
> 
> m@m : You say that it is weird to include php files into templates. Well, I
> found this
> way to handle componentized templates from Smarty's Manual:( Chapter 18.
> Tips & Tricks,
> Componentized Templates). They even provide an example there :
> 
>  index.tpl
> ---------
> {* Smarty *}
> {include_php file="load_ticker.php"} {*  THIS IS THE WAY I DO MY
> PHP+TEMPLATE STUFF NOW *}
> Stock Name: {$ticker_name} Stock Price: {$ticker_price}
> 
> What do you think?..
> 
> 
> >
> > Including template components is an excellent way to work, I use it for
> > headers and footers etc. If you're regularly wanting to include PHP in
> your
> > templates, either you've got your logic mixed up, or you should perhaps
> look
> > at writing a Smarty extension...
> >
> 
> What is extension? Can you describe in brief? I will also check that
> myself..
> 
> > Marcus
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