Templates

[eluser]wiredesignz[/eluser]
Ok. So remove the link man. FFS.

[eluser]Phil Sturgeon[/eluser]
Right, give the malware stuff a rest guys, the link has been removed so it no longer matters.

1) The Template Parser: I want to enable my users to upload their own templates. Can standard PHP be processed from the templates, or only the {} variables get processed? I’m really hoping you’ll say “NO, PHP can’t be run from templates” as it can be a real pain from a security aspect (allowing users to upload files with potential malicious code).

Yes it can be run but just pass your content through encode_php_tags() within the security_helper.php and these will be encoded as HTML entities (and will appear as plain text to the user).

2) Functions within templates: Anyone managed to modify the Template Parser class to enable “template functions”? E.g. if {me} is a variable, something like {fn do_something “parameter1” “parameter2”}

I was playing about with a prototype for this last week. I called it HelpfulParser

3) How do you go about caching templates?

$this->output->set_output() to cache the whole thing, or save the finished content in a text file on the server somewhere when done.

[eluser]IvanBernat[/eluser]
Phil,

I was about to completely forget CI because of all the trolling here, but you changed my mind :-)

Your parser is just what I was looking for!

[eluser]Phil Sturgeon[/eluser]
I'm glad to see my post survived the mass eradication here. I sense Mr. Wales at work. :coolsmile:

Let me know how it goes using the Template Parser. Even with the features I have enabled through my extended library, this Parser is still WAY too weak for me to ever use on internal files OR admin submitted content. It's a shame really.

[eluser]IvanBernat[/eluser]
There, Malware notice has been removed.