Re: [PHP Template] Revised proposal

This would actually be quite useful for things like cobranding and i18n.

-dan

Andrei Zmievski wrote:

> 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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