hello all,
is there a function within the HTML_Template_I T package that can get
all variables in a current block? sort of the opposite of what
$template->setVariable does, ie, perhaps a getVariable?
i have a template that defines a table. the header columns will
include an image that will be the same for all columns except for the
column specified by the "&order=colName " specified in the predefined
variable $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']. something like this simplified
example:
<!-- BEGIN HEADER -->
<tr>
<th>Author<im g src="{AUTHOR_AR ROW_UP}"></th>
<th>Title <img src="{TITLE_ARR OW_UP}"></th>
<th>Status<im g src="{STATUS_AR ROW_UP}"></th>
<th>Etc <img src="{ETC_ARROW _UP}"></th>
</tr>
<!-- END HEADER -->
when "&order=author" , AUTHOR_ARROW_UP will be set to "arrow_on.g if" and
TITLE_ARROW_UP and STATUS_ARROW_UP will be set to "arrow_off.gif" .
similarly, when "&order=tit le", TITLE_ARROW_UP will be set to
"arrow_on.g if" and AUTHOR_ARROW_UP and STATUS_ARROW_UP will be set to
"arrow_off.gif" . and so on for "&order=status" .
i thought a good way to set XYZ_ARROW_UP would be to loop thru all
..*_ARROW_UP variables and set them all to "arrow_off.gif" . then i
could set just &order=xyz to "arrow_on.g if".
i could create an array of *_ARROW_UP names, but i thought my PHP code
would be more robust if i could query all variables in the current
block "HEADER" and loop thru that list. this way i would not have to
modify my PHP code if i added a new column to the template. is this
possible? is there a better way to do this?
thanks for any suggestions.
- bettyann
is there a function within the HTML_Template_I T package that can get
all variables in a current block? sort of the opposite of what
$template->setVariable does, ie, perhaps a getVariable?
i have a template that defines a table. the header columns will
include an image that will be the same for all columns except for the
column specified by the "&order=colName " specified in the predefined
variable $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']. something like this simplified
example:
<!-- BEGIN HEADER -->
<tr>
<th>Author<im g src="{AUTHOR_AR ROW_UP}"></th>
<th>Title <img src="{TITLE_ARR OW_UP}"></th>
<th>Status<im g src="{STATUS_AR ROW_UP}"></th>
<th>Etc <img src="{ETC_ARROW _UP}"></th>
</tr>
<!-- END HEADER -->
when "&order=author" , AUTHOR_ARROW_UP will be set to "arrow_on.g if" and
TITLE_ARROW_UP and STATUS_ARROW_UP will be set to "arrow_off.gif" .
similarly, when "&order=tit le", TITLE_ARROW_UP will be set to
"arrow_on.g if" and AUTHOR_ARROW_UP and STATUS_ARROW_UP will be set to
"arrow_off.gif" . and so on for "&order=status" .
i thought a good way to set XYZ_ARROW_UP would be to loop thru all
..*_ARROW_UP variables and set them all to "arrow_off.gif" . then i
could set just &order=xyz to "arrow_on.g if".
i could create an array of *_ARROW_UP names, but i thought my PHP code
would be more robust if i could query all variables in the current
block "HEADER" and loop thru that list. this way i would not have to
modify my PHP code if i added a new column to the template. is this
possible? is there a better way to do this?
thanks for any suggestions.
- bettyann