[ANNOUNCEMENT] HTML_Template_Flexy-0.6 (beta) Released.

The new PEAR package HTML_Template_Flexy-0.6 (beta) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- This is a major fix release, along with quite a few new usefull features, many thanks to the various bug reporters, and especially from the Damein Turner and The Seagull framework Team Hopefully, it is now the last beta before a stable release..... New features - &lt;flexy:include src="xxx.html"/> to include other templates - &lt;flexy:toJavascript flexy:prefix="js_name_prefix_" jsvar="php_flexy_var" ....> uses HTML_Javascript_Convert to import PHP variables into Javascript. - new modifier :b (for NL2BR + HTMLSPECIALCHARS) - support for mulitple paths in templateDir - attribute flexy:raw="{checked}" allows you to to put raw data into a tag. - -- double minus, is valid inside comments (not really valid XHTML though) - global flexyIgnore option, to prevent global conversion to Elements. - better support for elements where name="someval[]" Fixes - array syntax supported in attributes (eg. urlencoded) - setting values of elements with type works (bug #460) - methods with multiple arguments fixed. - HTML_Template_Flexy_Element::removeAttribute() works (removing attributes is done by setting them to false) - include error on EndTag - closed element (eg. with /> at end, can be used with flexy:if= - radio buttons should auto create id's if none are set. - xdebug recursion level increased (as the compiler recursion is high) - buffered output with $elements fixed. Note: See Version 0.5 release notes concerning BC issues with 0.4 series Package Info ------------- HTML_Template_Flexy started it's life as a simplification of HTML_Template_Xipe, however in Version 0.2, It became one of the first template engine to use a real Lexer, rather than regex'es, making it possible to do things like ASP.net or Cold Fusion tags. However, it still has a very simple set of goals. - Very Simple API, easy to learn... - Targeted at Object based systems - default behavior is to display object variables - Designed to allow the documentation of available variables using PEAR standards, eg. PHPDoc comments around object variables - Ability to edit the templates in WYSIWYG HTML editors, without breaking the tags - Extremely Fast, for normal variables and looping (or blocks), both for designing and runtime. - Full dynamic element support (like ASP.NET), so you can pick elements to replace at runtime Features: - {variable} to echo $object->variable - {method()} to echo $object->method(); - {foreach:var,key,value} to PHP foreach loops - tag attributes FLEXY:FOREACH, FLEXY:IF for looping and conditional HTML inclusion - {if:variable} to PHP If statement - {if:method()} to PHP If statement - {else:} and {end:} to close or alternate If statements - FORM to HTML_Template_Flexy_Element's - replacement of INPUT, TEXTAREA and SELECT tags with HTML_Template_Flexy_Element code use FLEXY:IGNORE (inherited) and FLEXY:IGNOREONLY (single) to prevent replacements - FLEXY:START/FLEXY:STARTCHILDREN tags to define where output starts/finishes - support for urlencoded braces {} in HTML attributes. - documentation in the pear manual - examples at http://cvs.php.net/cvs.php/pear/HTML_Template_Flexy/examples Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Template_Flexy Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package-changelog.php?package=HTML_Template_Flexy Download: http://pear.php.net/get/HTML_Template_Flexy-0.6.tgz Authors ------------- Alan Knowles <alan@akbkhome.com> (lead)