What these are { }

[maano]

I have downloaded some php code from internet and now want to make some changes in it. But there are a few words writen as {SITE_LOGO}. I want to know what these are? Any variables. If yes then where are their values defined?

An example:

<a href="{U_INDEX}" title="{L_INDEX}" id="logo">{SITE_LOGO_IMG}</a>

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Regards.

[NogDog]

Without know the context, it's impossible for me to be sure. My guess is that they are an arbitrarily chosen means to delineate some sort of "place holders" within the text that are replaced with dynamic values via str_replace() or preg_replace(). But again, that is just an educated guess on my part without knowing what else is going on in the code.

[Drakla]

Yup, placeholders, tags whatever you want to call them. Looks like PhpBB to me.

[bpat1434]

Or Smarty syntax 😉

[warozzo]

Smarty syntax uses $ sign... or can it without the $ sign?

[bpat1434]

haven't used it (ever really in fact) so I'm not sure....

[ReadyF]

Hello it's a probably a template engine and i think it's the phpbb template engine ....

thanks

[madwormer2]

It could be a "template engine" that does this:

$data = array( '{U_INDEX}' => 'url.php',  '{L_INDEX}' => 'Title', '{SITE_LOGO_IMG}' => '<img src="image.png" />' );
echo str_replace(array_keys($data), $data, $template);

It really doesn't have to be complicated, it just keeps your code from being intertwined with your layout.