Re: [PHP Template] Revised proposal

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 Politics is for the moment, an equation is for eternity. -- Albert Einstein