Re: [PHP Template] Revised proposal

On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Paras Dagli wrote:
> Definately templates are standalone from the PHP scripts that process them,
> but it would be nice to make them into modules pairs. Here is an example:
> 
> <modulePair: GetUpdates>
>   php: getupdates.php
>   tmpl: getupdates.tmpl
> </modulePair>
> 
> This way the same php, and tmpl does not need to be coded for everypage.
> also for a developer i can change the layout of the GetUpdates module in one
> template file and have it show up on all the other templates that call on
> this module.
> 
> This could be implemented by having a header file that has all the module
> pairs defines, similar to a header file in c. You could define module pairs
> in that header file, and a developer would just have to include that header
> file.

I had an idea similar to this some time ago. It's fairly intriguing, but
at least from personal experience there aren't that many standalone
php/template modules that can be just plugged in. Or I might be wrong.

-Andrei

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