Re: Template style question

On Sat, November 5, 2005 1:10 pm, Leonard Burton wrote: > Greetings, > > HI All, I hope all is well. > > I have set up a template parser. Basically, it parses the template > and finds tags with tag_name.dat file and then includes the > tag_name.dat file. I have considered a few other options but as of > now I think I like what I have come up with. > > The only problem that I have in my design is that I have to hard code > tables in the dat file mixing php and html. I would prefer to be able > to do something like: > > [[tag with db query]] > <table> > > <tr><td>colname</td><td>colname</td><td>colname</td></tr> > > <tr><td>%var1%</td><Td>%var2%</td><td>%var3%</td></tr> Perhaps this: %%repeat%%<tr><td>%var1%</td><td>%var2%</td><td>%var3%</td></tr>%%repeat%% > </table> > [[/tag with db query]] > > I would like it to be able to parse the line with the %var1% (which is > the column name with % or some other indicator on each side) in it and > then have it generate how many ever rows as nessecary. > > Currently, my parsing engine loads the template, preg_splits() it so > each template tag is on a new line, and then passes through the > resulting array and executes the code for whatever tag is chosen. > > There are a couple ideas that I have thought of but have not thought > of any real good way so I am turning to the list. [waving hands wildly] Then you could maybe use some kind of callback / back-reference thingie in that preg_ thingie... yeah, okay, so that part I'm not real clear on. :-) -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm