Re: [PHP Template] Looping and nested sections

Andrei Zmievski wrote:

> So, does this mean that $foo would be re-looped inside sec2? What if you
> refer to $sec3:bar and $sec3 has not been executed yet?

No, it is referring to the scalar value of $foo as it exists in the current iteration of
sec2.  If you refer to a section that has not been executed yet, then it is undefined like
any other undefined var, with the same behavior.

> Just thinking maybe we should keep ':' for future extensions? :) It's
> such a nice delimiter.

Sure.  Do whatever makes sense with the syntax... :-)

>
>
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Dan Libby wrote:
> > I like this approach.  It is very inheritance-esque and even allows you to reference
> > the value 3 levels up if you
> > want.  It also doesn't change the semantics of what a section is, depending on
> > context.  I don't have anything to add.
> > >
> > > example:
> > >
> > > {{section sec1}}
> > >         ...
> > >         {{ $foo }}
> > >         {{ $sec1:foo }}      <!-- prints the same variable as $foo -->
> > >          ...
> > >         {{section sec2}}
> > >                 ...
> > >                 {{ $foo }}
> > >                 {{ $sec2:foo }} <!-- prints the same variable as $foo -->
> > >                 {{ $sec1:foo }} <!-- prints value of outer section foo variable -->
> > >                  ...
> > >         {/section}}
> > > {{/section}}
>
> -Andrei
>
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