tpl files

[darkfunkel]

I know there is a way of having a premade layout and put ##areaname## and get php to substitute for live content I have no idea how to do this please can someone help?

[dalecosp]

Look at the replacement functions, like str_replace, etc. Maybe this is an idea...

$content=fopen('somefile', 'r');
$template="<br><font=red><b><u>My Replacement content</br>";
$template.="</u></b></font>";
$newcontent=str_replace("###header###", $template, $content);

[darkfunkel]

I put that code in a php file changing somefile and get this returned

Resource id #1

any ideas?

[Mordecai]

Originally posted by dalecosp

$content=fopen('somefile', 'r');
$template="<br><font=red><b><u>My Replacement content</br>";
$template.="</u></b></font>";
$newcontent=str_replace("###header###", $template, $content);

[/B]

Well, here $content is the file pointer for "somefile" opened for reading. This should not be sent to str_replace, but rather the information. We need to add a separate line of code:
$contents = fread($content,filesize('somefile'));
Then we can use the str_replace:
$newcontent = str_replace("###header###",$template,$contents);

Hope that helps.

[darkfunkel]

THANKS!!! it works just one more question, how do I make this work for multiple ##whatever##'s?

[dalecosp]

Sorry, LOL...can't open and then not read, kudos, Mordecai.

To use it multiple times, I'd make it into a function that accepts the parameters of ($somefile) where $somefile is your replacement content and ($thingy) where $thingy is whatever string you wish to replace---###HEADER### or ###CONTENT### or ###LINKBLOCK###, whatever.....

[darkfunkel]

Sorry to sound n00bish but I aint got a clue how to do that

[Blob]

function replace($somefile, $thingy)
{
// Put the code here
}

[darkfunkel]

I can get about as far as
<?
$content=fopen('layout.tpl', 'r');
$contents = fread($content,filesize('layout.tpl'));

$name="site name";
$lcontent="left content";
$content = "content";
$thingy = "##title##";
function replace($content, $thingy)
{

$newcontent=str_replace("$str", $template, $contents);
print $newcontent;
}
?>
then I get stuck on how to make it do two some exact code would be apreciated ty

[Philipp_G__rard]

try sth. like this:

<?php
$template_f = "tpl/footer.tpl";

$template_r = join(' ', file($template_f));

$charray   = array(
	   "{http}" => $whatever,
	   "{top}"  => $lala
);

$outvar   .=strtr($template_r, $charray);

echo $outvar;
?>

replaces {var} with given content. good luck 😉

[darkfunkel]

Thanks! it works

[Philipp_G__rard]

sure 😉