[pmwiki-users] using PHP in TMPL

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 02:21:04PM -0400, Mike Shanley wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The standard <?php ?> doesn't work in the .tmpl file, I assume because 
> of how it's processed. I was wondering if there was any way to break 
> into PHP in the file that I'm not aware of.

One can always use   <!--function:...--> directives to directly
call PHP functions, or  <!--file:something.php--> directives to
include/process a .php file at that point.  There's not presently a
way to "inline" PHP within the template file itself.

> Barring that, is there any way to use the skin.php file to pass 
> variables to the tmpl BEFORE it gets processed?
> 
> What I'm looking to do is have a variable set = '<!--wiki:whathaveyou 
> -->' if the authentication is correct.

Easier is probably to use a function: define a function that
checks authentication and outputs whatever you want output at
that point.  For example:

    <!--function:WhatHaveYou-->

and in a configuration file

    function WhatHaveYou($pagename, $args) {
        if ($user_is_authorized) PrintWiki($pagename, 'Main.WhatHaveYou');
    }


> Also, is there any way to get markup processed and deposited into a tmpl 
> from skin.php? MarkupToHTML is throwing (regex error on line 1, 
> pmwiki.php) errors.

Again, it's easier to do it from a PHP function.  Or, one can also
put markup directly into the .tmpl via <!--markup:...--> .

Pm