[support] Templating in Drupal 5.1 - the cleanest way to do it?

[Metzler, David]

See Larry Garfields response for the full answer.  He provided an
excellent example. 
 
in Your module: 
 
mymod_foo calls theme()  to make sure that the output is themeable.  (by
phptemplate or other theme engines)
 
theme_foo_or_something() provides the default view if not overriden by
the theme. 
 
in the template.php file for the php template theme: 
 
phptemplate_foo_or_somthing() matches up the foo_or_something.tpl file
with the intercepted theme function. 
 
in the foo_or_something.tpl
The overriden  template is specified by the designer. 
 
Larry's post is as follows: 
<snip>


#################################################

module code - mymod.php

#################################################

function mymod_foo() {

$data = array('foo' => 'bar');

return theme('foo_or_something', $data); }

function theme_foo_or_someting($data) {

return "something you do with $data that generates a string"; }

#################################################

template.php code

#################################################

function phptemplate_foo_or_something() {

return _phptemplate_callback('foo_or_something', $data); }

 

#################################################

foo_or_something.tpl.php

#################################################

<h1>I want to output value of $foo here</h1>


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From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org] On
Behalf Of Cyberswat
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:08 PM
To: support at drupal.org
Subject: Re: [support] Templating in Drupal 5.1 - the cleanest way to do
it?


Thanks for the response.  I understand the approach you outline and have
been using it exclusively so far.  I'm starting to work with structures
that are more complex than my original example and would ultimately like
to task a designer to create/modify the tpl files without editing the
module at all.  How do I go about invoking the theme engine to
accomplish this in a similar to my original example? 


On 4/10/07, Metzler, David <metzlerd at evergreen.edu> wrote: 

	Easiest way is the the following.  In this case, the html output
represented by $foo is presented in the content area of page.tpl.  Note
you don't need custom theme functions and custom tpl files to do this. 
	 
	Now you  could invoke the theme engine as well, but I wanted to
make sure you understood this easier way first. 
	 
	Dave

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	From: support-bounces at drupal.org
[mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org] On Behalf Of Cyberswat
	Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:47 AM
	To: support at drupal.org
	Subject: Re: [support] Templating in Drupal 5.1 - the cleanest
way to do it?
	
	
	
	I have another question regarding this subject.  If I create a
custom module how do I use the templating engine to work with the output
of the module?  I know this code is bad, but it summarizes what I would
like to do.  Any help is appreciated as I'm starting to feel dense from
not being able to figure this out. 
	
	#################################################
	module code - mymod.php
	#################################################
	
	function mymod_menu($may_cache) {
	  $items = array();
	  $items[] = array('path' => 'mymod_view', 
	  'title' => t('mymod_view'),
	  'callback' => 'mymod_foo',
	  'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK,
	  'access' => user_access('view mymod'),
	  'weight' => 0, 
	  );
	  return $items;
	}
	
	function mymod_foo() {
	  $data = array('foo' => 'bar'); 
	  $output = '<h1>Here is the value of '.$data['foo'].' here.
</h1>';  
	  return $output ;
	}
	
	
	
	

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