This document discusses using PHPTAL as a template engine with CakePHP. PHPTAL is based on Zope Template Attribute Language (TAL) and allows using TAL syntax and attributes in PHP templates. The document explains what TAL and PHPTAL are, provides code examples of using PHPTAL directives to loop through and display data, and describes a CakePHP plugin that integrates PHPTAL as a view class for easier implementation. It encourages readers to try out PHPTAL and provides links to the PHPTAL and CakePHP-TALTAL plugin GitHub repositories.

1. PHPTAL with CakePHP
July 2011
CakePHP

2. About Me
• WEB Developer / PHP / CakePHP / HTML / CSS / jQuery / MySQL / iPhone /
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3. Template Engine

4. Template Engine
• HTML
• Smarty, Twig, PHP, PHPTAL, etc...

5. Data Template
Template
Engine
HTML,
RSS Feed,
etc...

6. PHPTAL

7. TAL
• XHTML(XML)
• http://wiki.zope.org/ZPT/TAL

8. Templae Attribute Language
• XHTML(XML)
• http://wiki.zope.org/ZPT/TAL

9. PHPTAL
• Zope TAL PHP
•
http://phptal.org/
•
http://phptal.org/manual/ja/

10. code

12. Data

13. $people = array(
array(
‘name’ => ‘Taro Yamada’,
‘phone’ => ‘090-0000-0000’
),
array(
‘name’ => ‘Hisateru Tanaka’,
‘phone’ => ’06-XXXX-XXXX’
),
// ...
);

14. HTML

15. <table>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Phone</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>person's name</td>
<td>person's phone</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>sample name</td>
<td>sample phone</td>
</tr>
</table>

16. <table>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Phone</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>person's name</td>
<td>person's phone</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>sample name</td>
<td>sample phone</td>
</tr>
</table>

17. PHP

18. <table>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Phone</th>
</tr>
<?php foreach ($people as $person) : ?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $person['name']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $person['phone']; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</table>

19. Smarty
is not smart...

20. <table>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Phone</th>
</tr>
{foreach from=$people item=person}
<tr>
<td>{$person.name}</td>
<td>{$person.phone}</td>
</tr>
{/foreach}
</table>

21. PHPTAL

22. <table>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Phone</th>
</tr>
<tr tal:repeat="person people">
<td tal:content="person/name">person's
name</td>
<td tal:content="person/phone">person's
phone</td>
</tr>
<tr tal:replace="">
<td>sample name</td>
<td>sample phone</td>
</tr>
</table>

23. <table>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Phone</th>
</tr>
<tr tal:repeat="person people">
<td tal:content="person/name">person's
HTML
name</td>
<td tal:content="person/phone">person's
phone</td>
</tr>
<tr tal:replace="">
<td>sample name</td>
<td>sample phone</td>
</tr>
</table>

24. in Browser

25. in Browser

26. in Browser

27. in Browser
HTML

28. HTML

30. PHPTAL
•
1. tal:define 7. tal:attributes
2. tal:condition 8. tal:on-error
3. tal:repeat 9. metal:define-macro
4. tal:omit-tag 10. metal:use-macro
5. tal:replace 11. metal:define-slot
6. tal:content 12. metal:fill-slot

31. PHPTAL is Smart!

33. PHPTAL

36. PHPTAL
with
CakePHP

37. CakePHP-TALTAL
plugin

38. https://github.com/nojimage/
CakePHP-TALTAL

39. Feature
• html, xhtml, zpt
PHPTAL
• ctp PHP
OK
•

40. Feature
• url, fullurl
• cake:helper

41. Installation
• git clone or download
• set to plugins/taltal
• write to AppController
class AppController extends Controller {
// ...(snip)
public $view = 'Taltal.Phptal';
// ...(snip)
}

42. Let’s Try PHPTAL!!
PHPTAL

43. CakePHP-TALTAL
• https://github.com/nojimage/CakePHP-TALTAL
• since 2011/06/01
• version 0.3.1