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[htmltmpl] TMPL_INCLUDE with variable name?

[Adrian G. <ad...@lo...>]

Hi,

I would like to create a template representing a sales checkout page which 
is supposed to have different upselling items on the bottom, depending 
which items are currently in the shopping basket. I would like to include 
the HTML tag to the upselling item with TMPL_INCLUDE, but the problem is 
that the name of the template that should be included is dynamic, so I 
cannot write that as fixed string into the shopping basked template.

The problem description above is probably too confusing, so here's an 
example of what I am trying to do. I have this template which the contents 
of the user's shopping basket plus an upselling item:

some code for displaying shopping cart....
<!-- now include the template that includes the upselling item -->
<TMPL_INCLUDE NAME="myupsellingitem1.tmpl">
some more code for the page footer.

Now, this works fine if I have only one upselling item. But If I have 2 of 
them and only the perl script knows which one should be displayed I would 
need I TMPL_INCLUDE that works with a name refers to the name of a TMPL_VAR 
of the same context. I would need something like this:

some code for displaying shopping cart....
<!-- now include the template that includes the upselling item -->
<TMPL_INCLUDE NAME=UPSELLING_TEMPLATE_FILENAME>
some more code for the page footer.

and of course I would need to have something like 
$Template->param(UPSELLING_TEMPLATE_FILENAME => 'myupsellingitem1.tmpl'); 
in my template.

Unfortunately this is currently not possible in HTML::Template. I could 
think of loading the template via HTTP and using server side includes or 
php to do the job, but that would be an ugly solution. It would also be 
possible to "filter" the output of one template and use it as input for the 
next, but that would be quite messy too. Is there any clean way to do this?

Thanks,

Adrian Grigore

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Re: [htmltmpl] TMPL_INCLUDE with variable name?

[Bill N. <bn...@co...>]

How about using another instance of HTML::Template within your code to generate the upselling HTML text and assign the Template
output to a TMPL_VAR.

Something like:

# generate the upsell HTML
my $upsell_template = HTML::Template->new(filename => 'test.tmpl');
...
my $upsell_html = $upsell_template->output;

# handle the main template
my $main_template = HTML::Template->new ...
...
# include the upsell HTML as a TMPL_VAR
$template->param(UPSELL_HTML => $upsell_html);

Then, in your main HTML file, just use a normal <TMPL_VAR name="UPSELL_HTML"> to include the HTML where you want it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adrian Grigore" <ad...@lo...>
To: <htm...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 9:04 AM
Subject: [htmltmpl] TMPL_INCLUDE with variable name?


> Hi,
>
> I would like to create a template representing a sales checkout page which
> is supposed to have different upselling items on the bottom, depending
> which items are currently in the shopping basket. I would like to include
> the HTML tag to the upselling item with TMPL_INCLUDE, but the problem is
> that the name of the template that should be included is dynamic, so I
> cannot write that as fixed string into the shopping basked template.
>
> The problem description above is probably too confusing, so here's an
> example of what I am trying to do. I have this template which the contents
> of the user's shopping basket plus an upselling item:
>
> some code for displaying shopping cart....
> <!-- now include the template that includes the upselling item -->
> <TMPL_INCLUDE NAME="myupsellingitem1.tmpl">
> some more code for the page footer.
>
> Now, this works fine if I have only one upselling item. But If I have 2 of
> them and only the perl script knows which one should be displayed I would
> need I TMPL_INCLUDE that works with a name refers to the name of a TMPL_VAR
> of the same context. I would need something like this:
>
> some code for displaying shopping cart....
> <!-- now include the template that includes the upselling item -->
> <TMPL_INCLUDE NAME=UPSELLING_TEMPLATE_FILENAME>
> some more code for the page footer.
>
> and of course I would need to have something like
> $Template->param(UPSELLING_TEMPLATE_FILENAME => 'myupsellingitem1.tmpl');
> in my template.
>
> Unfortunately this is currently not possible in HTML::Template. I could
> think of loading the template via HTTP and using server side includes or
> php to do the job, but that would be an ugly solution. It would also be
> possible to "filter" the output of one template and use it as input for the
> next, but that would be quite messy too. Is there any clean way to do this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adrian Grigore
>
> --
> Adrian Grigore
> ad...@lo...
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> http://www.lobstersoft.com
> Member of the Association of Shareware Professionals
>
>
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Re: [htmltmpl] TMPL_INCLUDE with variable name?

[simran <sim...@re...>]

Have a look at help on "filters" in the HTML::Template documentation. 
They usually come very handy for this type of stuff... 



On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 14:32, Bill Nixon wrote:
> How about using another instance of HTML::Template within your code to generate the upselling HTML text and assign the Template
> output to a TMPL_VAR.
> 
> Something like:
> 
> # generate the upsell HTML
> my $upsell_template = HTML::Template->new(filename => 'test.tmpl');
> ...
> my $upsell_html = $upsell_template->output;
> 
> # handle the main template
> my $main_template = HTML::Template->new ...
> ...
> # include the upsell HTML as a TMPL_VAR
> $template->param(UPSELL_HTML => $upsell_html);
> 
> Then, in your main HTML file, just use a normal <TMPL_VAR name="UPSELL_HTML"> to include the HTML where you want it.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Adrian Grigore" <ad...@lo...>
> To: <htm...@li...>
> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 9:04 AM
> Subject: [htmltmpl] TMPL_INCLUDE with variable name?
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to create a template representing a sales checkout page which
> > is supposed to have different upselling items on the bottom, depending
> > which items are currently in the shopping basket. I would like to include
> > the HTML tag to the upselling item with TMPL_INCLUDE, but the problem is
> > that the name of the template that should be included is dynamic, so I
> > cannot write that as fixed string into the shopping basked template.
> >
> > The problem description above is probably too confusing, so here's an
> > example of what I am trying to do. I have this template which the contents
> > of the user's shopping basket plus an upselling item:
> >
> > some code for displaying shopping cart....
> > <!-- now include the template that includes the upselling item -->
> > <TMPL_INCLUDE NAME="myupsellingitem1.tmpl">
> > some more code for the page footer.
> >
> > Now, this works fine if I have only one upselling item. But If I have 2 of
> > them and only the perl script knows which one should be displayed I would
> > need I TMPL_INCLUDE that works with a name refers to the name of a TMPL_VAR
> > of the same context. I would need something like this:
> >
> > some code for displaying shopping cart....
> > <!-- now include the template that includes the upselling item -->
> > <TMPL_INCLUDE NAME=UPSELLING_TEMPLATE_FILENAME>
> > some more code for the page footer.
> >
> > and of course I would need to have something like
> > $Template->param(UPSELLING_TEMPLATE_FILENAME => 'myupsellingitem1.tmpl');
> > in my template.
> >
> > Unfortunately this is currently not possible in HTML::Template. I could
> > think of loading the template via HTTP and using server side includes or
> > php to do the job, but that would be an ugly solution. It would also be
> > possible to "filter" the output of one template and use it as input for the
> > next, but that would be quite messy too. Is there any clean way to do this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Adrian Grigore
> >
> > --
> > Adrian Grigore
> > ad...@lo...
> > Lobstersoft - Fun Brain-Bending Games For All Ages
> > http://www.lobstersoft.com
> > Member of the Association of Shareware Professionals
> >
> >
> >
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> > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of
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Re: [htmltmpl] TMPL_INCLUDE with variable name?

[Adrian G. <ad...@lo...>]

Thanks, Bill! Seems to be made exactly for what I need :-)

--Adrian

Adrian Grigore

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Re: [htmltmpl] TMPL_INCLUDE with variable name?

[Adrian G. <ad...@lo...>]

At 17:03 29.03.2004 +1000, simran wrote:
>Have a look at help on "filters" in the HTML::Template documentation.
>They usually come very handy for this type of stuff...

You're right, that's an even better solution. Thanks!


Adrian Grigore

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