template variables in xml

spudbasha

I have just started coding in php and would like to ask any interested parties the following:-

The website i am practicing with relies heavily on templates and in my main template i am using a flash drop down menu which uses a xml script (ok its the example from the flash package 😃 ) and it looks something like this

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
......
<MAIN text="HOME" URL="index.php" />
......

i now want to append a session id to the URL which is formulated in the main template the problem is if i try to add a template variable after the URL like this

every thing goes "tits up"

is it possible to achieve this by putting a template variable in an xml script or must i scrap the idea of a flash menu all together

Kerry_Kobashi

Spuds,

Is this xml file being processed via a PHP template engine? If so, whichh one? FastTemplates? Smarty? Or a home grown engine?

A good php template engine should be built to recognize any file type and do token substitution irregardless of file type.

spudbasha

the only reason the xml file is being used is to format the flash menu, it has no referance to any template i'm afraid and i have just read that comment tags

e.g.

cannot be used for anything other than comments in xml..

looks like i will have to sack the flash menu. Unless you know of a work around