PHPTAL introduction

PHPTAL Prasad Sep 11, 2009

What is PHPTAL?

Template Attribute Language

Advantages

Simple to use

Enforces separation between logic and presentation

Quite clean and readable templates,

presentation actions inside XHTML attributes

Generation of XHTML

Easier to extend and customize

Disadvantages

You'll have to produce clean XHTML !

<?php include_once 'PHPTAL/PHPTAL.php'; $phptal = new PHPTAL( 'markupfile.html' ); $phptal->set( 'PAGE_TITLE', 'PHPTAL - introduction'); $phptal->set( 'NUMBERS', array(10,20,30,40)); try { echo $phptal->execute(); } catch(Exception $e) { echo $e; } ?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title tal:content=”PAGE_TITLE” ></title> </head> <body> <table> <tr tal:repeat=”NUMBER NUMBERS” > <td tal:content=”NUMBER” ></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title> PHPTAL - introduction </title> </head> <body> <table> <tr> <td>10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> </tr> <tr> <td>40</td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>

<?php include_once 'PHPTAL/PHPTAL.php'; $phptal = new PHPTAL( 'markupfile.html' ); $phptal->set( 'PAGE_TITLE', 'PHPTAL - introduction'); $phptal->set( 'DATAGEN', new MyClass()); try { echo $phptal->execute(); } catch(Exception $e) { echo $e; } ?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title tal:content=”PAGE_TITLE” ></title> </head> <body> <div tal:content=” php: DATAGEN.getContent() ” tal:condition=” php: DATAGEN->checkAccess() ”></div> </body> </html> <?php class MyClass { function checkAccess() { return true; } function getContent() { return “PHPTAL is simple!”; } } ?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title> PHPTAL - introduction </title> </head> <body> <div>PHPTAL is simple!</div> </body> </html>

<head metal:define-macro=”headerSection” > <title>PHPTAL - Macro</title> </head> <div metal:define-macro=”footerSection” > <p>Footer is not unless used.</p> </div> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head metal:use-macro=”Macro.html/headerSection” > <title>This will be over-written</title> </head> <body> <p> Head section is included via macro! </p> </body> </html> Macro.html

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title> PHPTAL - Macro </title> </head> <body> <p> Head section is included via macro! </p> </body> </html>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title i18n:translate=”” >PHPTAL</title> </head> <body> <p i18n:translate=”LBL_BODY_CONTENT” > Placehodler content. </p> </body> </html>