templates

[SyncViews]

How do templatesa like the one from "phpbb3/styles/prosilver/template/viewforum_body.html" work?

<!-- INCLUDE overall_header.html -->
<!-- IF U_MCP --><p>[ <a href="{U_MCP}">{L_MCP}</a> ]</p><!-- ENDIF -->
<h2><a href="{U_VIEW_FORUM}">{FORUM_NAME}</a></h2>

<!-- IF FORUM_DESC or MODERATORS or U_MCP -->
<p>
<!-- NOTE: remove the style="display: none" when you want to have the forum description on the forum body -->
<!-- IF FORUM_DESC --><span style="display: none">{FORUM_DESC}<br /></span><!-- ENDIF -->
<!-- IF MODERATORS --><strong><!-- IF S_SINGLE_MODERATOR -->{L_MODERATOR}<!-- ELSE -->{L_MODERATORS}<!-- ENDIF -->:</strong> {MODERATORS}<!-- ENDIF -->
</p>
<!-- ENDIF -->

<!-- IF S_FORUM_RULES -->
<div class="rules">
	<div class="inner"><span class="corners-top"><span></span></span>

	<!-- IF U_FORUM_RULES -->
		<a href="{U_FORUM_RULES}">{L_FORUM_RULES}</a>
	<!-- ELSE -->
		<strong>{L_FORUM_RULES}</strong><br />
		{FORUM_RULES}
	<!-- ENDIF -->

	<span class="corners-bottom"><span></span></span></div>
</div>
<!-- ENDIF -->
...

I looked in the php filers and found that it defines all thosde varibles but I'm not sure how it actualy uses it to make the final page...

 

 

view_forum.php

...
// Send vars to template
$template->assign_block_vars('topicrow', array(
'FORUM_ID' => $forum_id,
'TOPIC_ID' => $topic_id,
'TOPIC_AUTHOR' => get_username_string('username', $row['topic_poster'], $row['topic_first_poster_name'], $row['topic_first_poster_colour']),
'TOPIC_AUTHOR_COLOUR' => get_username_string('colour', $row['topic_poster'], $row['topic_first_poster_name'], $row['topic_first_poster_colour']),
'TOPIC_AUTHOR_FULL' => get_username_string('full', $row['topic_poster'], $row['topic_first_poster_name'], $row['topic_first_poster_colour']),
'FIRST_POST_TIME' => $user->format_date($row['topic_time']),
'LAST_POST_SUBJECT' => censor_text($row['topic_last_post_subject']),
'LAST_POST_TIME' => $user->format_date($row['topic_last_post_time']),
'LAST_VIEW_TIME' => $user->format_date($row['topic_last_view_time']),
'LAST_POST_AUTHOR' => get_username_string('username', $row['topic_last_poster_id'], $row['topic_last_poster_name'], $row['topic_last_poster_colour']),
'LAST_POST_AUTHOR_COLOUR' => get_username_string('colour', $row['topic_last_poster_id'], $row['topic_last_poster_name'], $row['topic_last_poster_colour']),
'LAST_POST_AUTHOR_FULL'	 => get_username_string('full', $row['topic_last_poster_id'], $row['topic_last_poster_name'], $row['topic_last_poster_colour']),
...

[cytech]

Hey,

 

Well phpbb has quite an extensive template system... If you want to start using templates to optimize your code I suggest using Smarty (http://www.smarty.net).

[SyncViews]

Is there a way to set that up without access to php.ini (eg on a free host)?