Templates

[Yehia]

hello,

is this the right place to post questions or what?

anyway i'm trying to make a simple template system using php,
here is:
a page using the template: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/test.php
the header: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp1.inc
the footer: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp2.inc

but don't know why the page using the template is messed up,

it should like this http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/desc.htm ,
any ideas?

Yehia

[rush]

Re: Templates

"Yehia" <yehia@yehiaeg. com> wrote in message
news:e5928add.0 407151018.32458 945@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> anyway i'm trying to make a simple template system using php,
> here is:
> a page using the template: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/test.php
> the header: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp1.inc
> the footer: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp2.inc
>
> but don't know why the page using the template is messed up,
>
> it should like this http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/desc.htm ,
> any ideas?[/color]

well without seeing your code, it is hard to tell, exept that you have got
something wrong :) . Have you considered using some existing template system
for php?

rush
--

http://www.templatetamer.com/

[Nel]

Re: Templates

"rush" <pipa@rush.aval on.hr> wrote in message
news:cd6k8n$6eo $1@ls219.htnet. hr...[color=blue]
> "Yehia" <yehia@yehiaeg. com> wrote in message
> news:e5928add.0 407151018.32458 945@posting.goo gle.com...[color=green]
> > anyway i'm trying to make a simple template system using php,
> > here is:
> > a page using the template: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/test.php
> > the header: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp1.inc
> > the footer: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp2.inc
> >
> > but don't know why the page using the template is messed up,
> >
> > it should like this http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/desc.htm ,
> > any ideas?[/color]
>
> well without seeing your code, it is hard to tell, exept that you have got
> something wrong :) . Have you considered using some existing template[/color]
system[color=blue]
> for php?
>
> rush
> --
> http://www.templatetamer.com/
>[/color]
If it's any help I would recommend a different method, not necessarily
better for everyone, but for me.

Create a HTML template in your authoring packaging, preferably using CSS.

Then in place your own tags anywhere on the page, where you would like to
swap the tag for some variable.

e.g. {{pagetitle}} or {{pagetext}}

Then save that as a file called template.htm

Then read your template.htm file in as array, get your pagetitle and
pagetext (+ other variables) from your database (I assume) and use
preg_replace to change over your tags to the appropriate string. (see
below). Then you just have to output your page!

Nel

$template = "";
$temp = file($setuptemp late);
foreach($temp as $line) { $template .= $line; }

// update template with menus and content
$pat = array("/{{pagetext}}/s",
"/{{pagetitle}}/s",
"/{{topmenuh}}/s",
"/{{topmenuv}}/s",
"/{{submenuh}}/s",
"/{{submenuv}}/s"
);
$rep = array("$pagetex t",
"$pagetitle ",
"$topmenuh" ,
$topmenuv,
"$submenuh" ,
$submenuv
);
// replace all occurrences of search patterns with according replacements

$template = preg_replace($p at, $rep, $template);

echo $template;

[Christopher Finke]

Re: Templates

> anyway i'm trying to make a simple template system using php,[color=blue]
> here is:
> a page using the template: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/test.php
> the header: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp1.inc
> the footer: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp2.inc[/color]

Your problem is with the HTML, not the PHP. Delete the </table> tag at the
end of temp1.inc, and that should fix the biggest layout errors.

Chris Finke

[Nel]

Re: Templates

Forgot to say, main advantage of preg_replacing your own tags is that you
don't have to split your template in to a header and footer, so you can
change the template simply by loading any new html page containing your
tags.

Nel.

[neur0maniak]

Re: Templates

Yehia wrote:[color=blue]
> hello,
>
> is this the right place to post questions or what?
>
> anyway i'm trying to make a simple template system using php,
> here is:
> a page using the template: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/test.php
> the header: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp1.inc
> the footer: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp2.inc
>
> but don't know why the page using the template is messed up,
>
> it should like this http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/desc.htm ,
> any ideas?
>
> Yehia[/color]

Have you thought of using the Smarty template system?

http://smarty.php.net/

It's really easy to get going with it and does what Nel has recommended.

[Yehia]

Re: Templates

actually the html work well:
http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/version.htm,

and here is the contents of test.php :
_______________ _______________ _______________
<html>
<head>
<title>YehiaE g &gt; Products &gt; Focus On VBS &gt; Download</title>
<?php
include 'temp1.inc';
?>
<p class="NormalFo nt"><br>
Latest version: 1.5<br>
Size: 509 KB <br>
License: Demo<br>
Requirements: None<br>
Download Link: <a
href="http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs.exe" >Click Here</a>
<br><br>
<strong>Note: </strong> "Save /As", "Cut", "Copy", are disabled
in this demo version.<br><br >
Available also on <a
href="http://www.download.co m/Focus-on-VBS/3000-2352-10223282.html?t ag=lst-0-1"><img
src="cnet.gif" width="127" height="27" border="0"></a>
</p>
<?php
include 'temp2.inc';
?>
_______________ _______________ _______________ ________
All i did was just opening the original htm file and copy every before
the main text in temp1.inc and everything after in temp2.inc ,

Don't know what i'm doing wrong, PLZ help guys.


"Christophe r Finke" <chris@efinke.c om> wrote in message news:<2lo6c4Ff9 f7iU1@uni-berlin.de>...[color=blue][color=green]
> > anyway i'm trying to make a simple template system using php,
> > here is:
> > a page using the template: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/test.php
> > the header: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp1.inc
> > the footer: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp2.inc[/color]
>
> Your problem is with the HTML, not the PHP. Delete the </table> tag at the
> end of temp1.inc, and that should fix the biggest layout errors.
>
> Chris Finke[/color]

[Jeffrey Silverman]

Re: Templates

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 02:14:31 -0700, Yehia wrote:
[color=blue]
> All i did was just opening the original htm file and copy every before
> the main text in temp1.inc and everything after in temp2.inc ,
>
> Don't know what i'm doing wrong, PLZ help guys.[/color]

Evidently, you didn't do quite what you say you did.

Take the pages as produced in your browser. Save each -- the working HTML
file and the PHP file that doesn't quite work -- and compare the two
documents. (here is where a Unix-like OS comes in handy: use the diff
command. Or are you using Windows?)

diff desc.htm test.php.html | less

Compare the two files *carefully*!! Look at the differences -- there are
MANY. There should be NONE! You want the final output from your PHP page
to look EXACTLY like the original HTML page, but it doesn't.

So, then, my question to you is: How can your PHP page end up looking
exactly like your HTML draft page?


later...

--
Jeffrey Silverman
jeffrey@jhu.edu

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

Re: Templates

"Nel" <nelly@ne14.co. NOSPAMuk> wrote in message news:<40f6e060$ 0$204$ed2619ec@ ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.n et>...
<snip>[color=blue]
> If it's any help I would recommend a different method, not necessarily
> better for everyone, but for me.
>
> Create a HTML template in your authoring packaging, preferably using CSS.
>
> Then in place your own tags anywhere on the page, where you would like to
> swap the tag for some variable.
>
> e.g. {{pagetitle}} or {{pagetext}}
>
> Then save that as a file called template.htm
>
> Then read your template.htm file in as array, get your pagetitle and
> pagetext (+ other variables) from your database (I assume) and use
> preg_replace to change over your tags to the appropriate string. (see
> below). Then you just have to output your page!
>
> Nel
>
> $template = "";
> $temp = file($setuptemp late);
> foreach($temp as $line) { $template .= $line; }
>
> // update template with menus and content
> $pat = array("/{{pagetext}}/s",
> "/{{pagetitle}}/s",
> "/{{topmenuh}}/s",
> "/{{topmenuv}}/s",
> "/{{submenuh}}/s",
> "/{{submenuv}}/s"
> );
> $rep = array("$pagetex t",
> "$pagetitle ",
> "$topmenuh" ,
> $topmenuv,
> "$submenuh" ,
> $submenuv
> );
> // replace all occurrences of search patterns with according replacements
>
> $template = preg_replace($p at, $rep, $template);
>
> echo $template;[/color]

Templates are one of the most controversial topic, at least in
this group. For example,
<http://groups.google.c om/groups?threadm= c17ndg%24l3t%24 1%40newsreader. mailgate.org>

* "Using a template system is a little like going back to using PHP
1--you get a far less powerful, less flexible system to work with." --
phpSt.Chung Leong
* "What about PHP ?-)" -- phpSt.Bruno Desthuilliers

Also see:
1. http://www.phpbuilder.com/annotate/m...hp3?id=1013434
2. http://www.phpbuilder.com/annotate/m...hp3?id=1013711
3. http://www.phpbuilder.com/annotate/m...hp3?id=1013461
4. http://www.phppatterns.com/index.php...cleview/4/1/1/
5. http://www.massassi.com/php/articles/template_engines/
6. http://www.cs.usfca.edu/~parrt/papers/mvc.templates.pdf

--
| Just another PHP saint |
Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!com

[Yehia]

Re: Templates

don't want to use any third party code, i'm happy with the php include function,

anyway, still want to know why my code doesn't work!


neur0maniak <usenet@neur0ma niak.co.uk> wrote in message news:<40f7069c$ 0$92638$ed2619e c@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.n et>...[color=blue]
> Yehia wrote:[color=green]
> > hello,
> >
> > is this the right place to post questions or what?
> >
> > anyway i'm trying to make a simple template system using php,
> > here is:
> > a page using the template: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/test.php
> > the header: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp1.inc
> > the footer: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp2.inc
> >
> > but don't know why the page using the template is messed up,
> >
> > it should like this http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/desc.htm ,
> > any ideas?
> >
> > Yehia[/color]
>
> Have you thought of using the Smarty template system?
> http://smarty.php.net/
>
> It's really easy to get going with it and does what Nel has recommended.[/color]

[neur0maniak]

Re: Templates

Yehia wrote:
[color=blue]
> don't want to use any third party code, i'm happy with the php include function,
>
> anyway, still want to know why my code doesn't work!
>[/color]

Okay, how about doing the reverse of what you're trying to do?

The way I do simple "include style" templates is this:

You've got the HTML template you'd like to use, call that 'index.php'

Insert this code at the top:
$strPage=trim($ _GET["p"]);
if (strlen($strPag e)==0) {$strPage="main ";} //This is your default page
if (!file_exists(" pages/{$strPage}.php" )) {$strPage="404" ;}

Create a folder called 'pages' in the folder of 'index.php'
Place your pages in that folder, all with a '.php' extension.
Make sure you make one called "404.php" for when a user tries a URL
where a page is missing.
In 'index.php' replace the content area of your template with:
<?php include ("pages/{$strPage}.php" ); ?>

From then on, you can access pages by using 'index.php?p=pa gename'
This saves you from using two pages for your template.

Things to keep in mind:
When submitting a FORM using METHOD="GET", make sure you have a INPUT
tag of TYPE="HIDDEN", NAME="p", and VALUE="pagename " (If you don't then
you'll not submit to the page you want to)
You can't set headers/cookies in your pages, as output takes place
before the page is included, though there are many ways of working
around it..

[Tim Van Wassenhove]

Re: Templates

In article <40f859eb$0$454 0$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.n et>, neur0maniak wrote:[color=blue]
> Yehia wrote:[/color]
[color=blue]
> Insert this code at the top:
> $strPage=trim($ _GET["p"]);
> if (strlen($strPag e)==0) {$strPage="main ";} //This is your default page
> if (!file_exists(" pages/{$strPage}.php" )) {$strPage="404" ;}[/color]

?p=../index


--
Tim Van Wassenhove <http://home.mysth.be/~timvw>

[neur0maniak]

Re: Templates

Tim Van Wassenhove wrote:
[color=blue]
> In article <40f859eb$0$454 0$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.n et>, neur0maniak wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Yehia wrote:[/color]
>
>[color=green]
>>Insert this code at the top:
>> $strPage=trim($ _GET["p"]);
>> if (strlen($strPag e)==0) {$strPage="main ";} //This is your default page
>> if (!file_exists(" pages/{$strPage}.php" )) {$strPage="404" ;}[/color]
>
>
> ?p=../index
>[/color]
$strPage=trim($ _GET["p"]);
if (strlen($strPag e)==0 || substr($strPage , "..")!==fal se)
{$strPage="main ";} //This is your default page
if (!file_exists(" pages/{$strPage}.php" )) {$strPage="404" ;}

[neur0maniak]

Re: Templates

neur0maniak wrote:
[color=blue]
> Tim Van Wassenhove wrote:
>[color=green]
>> In article <40f859eb$0$454 0$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.n et>,
>> neur0maniak wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Yehia wrote:[/color]
>>
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Insert this code at the top:
>>> $strPage=trim($ _GET["p"]);
>>> if (strlen($strPag e)==0) {$strPage="main ";} //This is your default
>>> page
>>> if (!file_exists(" pages/{$strPage}.php" )) {$strPage="404" ;}[/color]
>>
>>
>>
>> ?p=../index
>>[/color]
> $strPage=trim($ _GET["p"]);
> if (strlen($strPag e)==0 || substr($strPage , "..")!==fal se)
> {$strPage="main ";} //This is your default page
> if (!file_exists(" pages/{$strPage}.php" )) {$strPage="404" ;}
>[/color]
urgh... replace substr with strpos

[Yehia]

Re: Templates

ok, i did copy them EXACTLY and it kinda worked but still have some
questions:
1.when using javascript in a php file should i write like this
<script language="javas cript> <!-- some function --> </script>
or like this <script language="javas cript"> some function </script>

2. somethings may vary from one page to another besides its content
like the page title, what is the simplest way to do this?
i read about sending arguments to the php file and then assign to the
page title, but this not really neat, what if i want to make it a long
title:
test.php?pageti tle=This a really long title, really long
one............
Anyother wahy to do this?

my questions might look stupid but i'm just really a beginner in php,
Thanks

neur0maniak <usenet@neur0ma niak.co.uk> wrote in message news:<40f7069c$ 0$92638$ed2619e c@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.n et>...[color=blue]
> Yehia wrote:[color=green]
> > hello,
> >
> > is this the right place to post questions or what?
> >
> > anyway i'm trying to make a simple template system using php,
> > here is:
> > a page using the template: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/test.php
> > the header: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp1.inc
> > the footer: http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/temp2.inc
> >
> > but don't know why the page using the template is messed up,
> >
> > it should like this http://www.yehiaeg.com/focusonvbs/desc.htm ,
> > any ideas?
> >
> > Yehia[/color]
>
> Have you thought of using the Smarty template system?
> http://smarty.php.net/
>
> It's really easy to get going with it and does what Nel has recommended.[/color]