Re: [PHP Template] Another batch of ideas

One more idea: what if the designer would like to color every group of three rows instead of every other row? #GROUPBY int, number of the current GROUPBY block For the first 3 rows, #GROUPBY equals 1. For rows 4-6, #GROUPBY equals 2, and so on. #EVEN and #ODD will correspond to #GROUPBY blocks if the section attribute "groupby" is specified. an example: {:section myrows groupby=3} {:if #EVEN} <!-- #EVEN is set for rows 4-6,10-12,16-18, ... --> do even stuff {:else} <!-- #ODD is set for rows 1-3,7-9,13-15, ... --> do odd stuff {:/if} {:/section} Monte Ohrt wrote: > I really like that last idea. But instead of __FIRST__ we should use > another prefix convention, like #VARNAME for variables internal to the > template. > So $varname for environment variables, %varname for config file > variables > and #varname for internal template variables. > > Some variable ideas for sections: > > #FIRST boolean, true if in the first section loop > #INNER boolean, true if after #FIRST > #LAST boolean, true if in the last section loop > #PREV int, value of previous loop row > #LOOP int, value of current loop row > #NEXT int, value of next loop row > #EVEN boolean, true if current #LOOP value is even > #ODD boolean, true if current #LOOP value is odd > #TOTAL int, value of total number of rows > > Also, we may want to define variables within sections, in > the case of nested sections with {#sectionname:varname} > By default, the current section will be assumed. > > So an example, we want to color every other row different, > and output the total at the bottom: > > <TABLE> > {:section myrows} > > <TR> > <TD bgcolor={:if #EVEN}#ff0000{:else}#00eeff{:/if}> > table cell data > </TD> > </TR> > > {:/section myrows} > > There were {#myrows:TOTAL} rows of data. > > </TABLE>