Re: HTTP_Template_Flexy Questions

I notice in the comments for toHtmlnoClose:

    * Output Open Tag and any children and not Child tag (designed for use with <form + hidden elements>

Would you explain the hidden elements part? That might solve my problem, as I am trying to rewrite the form element with hidden elements using the notion of element->suffix. Maybe, based on this comment, there is already a way. Thanks. Jamie Wall http://www.webpeak.com 1(727)527-3646 Alan Knowles wrote:

Jamie Wall wrote:

First: I am really finding Flexy useful! Second: I have 2 questions concerning the use of Flexy: 1. Is there a way to use prefix/suffix with form tags? To make it work for me, I am modifying HTTP_Template_Flexy_Element method toHtmlNoClose() like: return "{$prefix}<{$ret->tag}".$ret->attributesToHTML() . '>' . $ret->childrenToHTML() . $suffix;

It would involve adding an extra call to the page: $this->elements['formName']->closeToHtml(); put it as a feature request on the package bug page.. - with code if you have time..

2. Is their a way to compile/output a string which contains the template instead of using a file on disk? I see: function compile(&$flexy,$string=false) in HTML_Template_Flexy_Compiler_Standard, but I also want mergeElement functionality which is in outputObject/bufferedOutputObject which seems to rely on a template on disk. I have it mostly working, but again I have to modify/subclass which doesn't seem right.

There is.. :) - although it's not normally recommended as the compiling stage is not very fast (eg. expect 100% CPU utilization on anything over 100 lines).. class StringCompiler extends HTML_Template_Flexy {

    var $compiledString;
    function StringCompiler($opts) {
        $opts['compileToString'] = true;
        parent::HTML_Template_Flexy($opts);
    }
    function compile($string) {

          $compiler = HTML_Template_Flexy_Compiler::factory($this->options);

       $this->compiledString =  $compiler->compile($x,$string);
    }
    function outputObject($t,$elements) {
        eval($this->compiledString);
    }

} you may want to look at the Flexy Source a bit more to add features, but the basic stuff should work by doing this.. Regards Alan

Thank you in advance. Jamie Wall http://www.webpeak.com 1(727)527-3646