Templates

[raouleduke]

I have some editable templates online, where customers can go in and edit the text of their template. However when there is variable data in the text I can't allow them to edit it, is there a way to allow them to put in the variable data where they want. Maybe an article I can read about this.

[vaaaska]

{$variable}

Won't work? Assuming you are extracting your vars or whatever...

It's all in the parsing...you can do it anyway you want really. Since a template thing I use parses through javascript I need to use this instead:

<%variable%>

[raouleduke]

Basically what I am trying to do is put variable data, within variable data. Is this even possible, there has got to be a way to do this.

[liquorvicar]

Why not use Vaaaska's suggestion? or create your own variable markers. Get your users to put #VAR_NAME# into the text they input. Then just parse their input and replace '#VAR_NAME#' with $var_name.

[raouleduke]

So then how do I parse them out before doing print function.

[liquorvicar]

You could either use str_replace or preg_replace.

[raouleduke]

This work's, if I do this

 
$text_2 = $row16["text_2"];
$text_2 = str_replace("<%VIN%>", "$VIN", "$text_2");

Is there a way that if I have multiple that it can look for them all. Say if I had <%YEAR%><%MAKE%><%MODEL%> with in the $text_2 variable. How do I do this with one function.

[bike5]

http://us2.php.net/str_replace

str_replace can take multiple values

http://us2.php.net/str_replace wrote:

// Provides: You should eat pizza, beer, and ice cream every day
$phrase  = "You should eat fruits, vegetables, and fiber every day.";
$healthy = array("fruits", "vegetables", "fiber");
$yummy  = array("pizza", "beer", "ice cream");

$newphrase = str_replace($healthy, $yummy, $phrase);

[vaaaska]

// parse the variables
function doVariables($html)
{
	$f = '|<%(.*)%>|sUi';
	return preg_replace_callback($f,'getVar',$html);
}

// produce the variables
function getVar($name)
{
	global $result_array; // from your query

$theVar = trim($name[1]);
if (!$result_array[$theVar]) return;
return $result_array[$theVar];
}

// parse your content
$html = doVariables($html);