[pmwiki-users] $FmtV and $FmtP
Patrick R. Michaud
pmichaud at pobox.com
Mon Jun 20 16:16:36 CDT 2005
On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 07:51:45AM +0200, chr at home.se wrote:
>
> > Variables generally get documented at
> > http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Variables, although not all of them
> > are documented yet (there are so many!). If you need specific variables
> > documented then let me know and I'll see about adding them.
>
> If you give me a rough description of $FmtV and $FmtP, I can polish it a
> bit and add it... (I believe I've asked a while back about these
> variables - can't remember why right now, but it can't hurt to have them
> documented...).
$FmtV is a simple array of string=>substitution values that are made
at the end of a call to FmtPageName. It's intended to be a place to
store substitution variables that have frequently changing values
(so the variable cache doesn't have to be constantly rebuilt).
$FmtP is a set of pattern=>replacement values that is used near
the beginning of FmtPageName to convert $-substitutions that are
"dynamic" depending on the pagename sent to FmtPageName.
Here's the whole FmtPageName process:
1. Replace any sequences of the form $XyzFmt with their
global variable value.
2. Process the string for any $[...] phrases, using the currently
loaded translation tables.
3. Perform any pattern replacements from the $FmtP array. Typically
this is used to handle things like $Name, $Group, $FullName,
$Title, $LastModified, etc. that are specific to the pagename
passed as an argument to FmtPagename.
4. If $EnablePathInfo isn't set, convert urls to use the
$ScriptUrl?n=Group.Name syntax instead of $ScriptUrl/Group/Name .
5. Replace any $-sequences with global variables (caching as needed)
of the same name (in reverse alphabetical order) *
6. Replace any $-sequences with values out of the $FmtV array.
Step 5 can be sort of expensive, so $FmtV exists as a way to
avoid rebuilding the cache for frequently-varying values.
Pm
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