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Im trying to get the title of the page to be read from my database. What i have done so far is tryed this. I made the table and entered the data into mySQL. Then i put a variable in the <title> tag in the template. And i defined the veriable in the php index part. But when i load the page it only shows the variable not the text in the database. Can you help me fix this?
Can you supply some code? From your description, I'm not exactly sure what you're doing.
well i have my template,and in my php file i have this...Code:<html>
<head>
<title>$title</title>
</head>
<body>
$content
</body>
</html>
$title = "test"
$content = "content"
and nothing happens
The $title needs to be in PHP tags..... otherwise it doesn't get parsed out by PHP and ends up getting sent right to the browser try this:
PHP Code:<html>
<head>
<title><?php echo $title; ?>
</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo content; ?>
</body>
</html>
but i have it running through php like this...do i still need to do that php in the template?PHP Code:<?
include_once("template.tpl");
$title = "test"
$content = "content"
?>
Yes. PHP outputs included files to the browser as is until it reaches a PHP tag. Then it starts parsing it as PHP code until it finds a closing tag.Quote:
Originally posted by Muk108
but i have it running through php like this...do i still need to do that php in the template?PHP Code:<?
include_once("template.tpl");
$title = "test"
$content = "content"
?>
So you do need them around $title:
Code:<title><?php echo $title; ?></title>
What is they way you see templates used that have the {veriable} and they dont have the <? ?> around it? Im trying to do that so i dont have to have multiple includes. Can you ehlp me with this?
huh...?
i think it has something to do with a template engine but im nto sure.
Mind if I ask a question here... what is a .tpl template?
I have no idea what you're talking about anymore.Quote:
Originally posted by Muk108
i think it has something to do with a template engine but im nto sure.
i read somewhere that things like phpBB use template engines. and then somewhere i saw that a template engine is the thing that lets you use variables in your template so you dont have to use php. now i was wondering if you know how to do this? a .tpl file is just another way of nameing the template file. its still raw text just with a different extention like .php or .html etc.
vBulletin also uses a "template engine".
Each individual part of a page is in a template.
In the php file it is evaluated, so that any variables inside that template become normal text for the string e.g.
$newsbits = eval(gettemplate("home_newsbit));
or something
then vBB has a main template for each page which encompasses all the evaluated templates and builds it for output.
That's my understanding of the vbb one at least, perhaps John - the old admin could shed some light on it, as he's on the vbb project.
:o
He's using the SMARTY template engine.... unfortunatly that's something outside my knowledge. If you want to know more about it, check out http://www.xoops.org -- their system uses the SMARTY templating system and they have links and people that might be more use.
well, would you recommend any other "template engine" that is good because im not understanding this smarty one.
Sorry... the only kind of templating I've ever done has been building my own....
shouldn't you define the variables before you include the template?Quote:
Originally posted by Muk108
but i have it running through php like this...do i still need to do that php in the template?PHP Code:<?
include_once("template.tpl");
$title = "test"
$content = "content"
?>