Please. Hold on for a second. (was Re: [development] proposal for theming nodes)

[Adrian Rossouw]

Now before you guys go off an re-invent the world, please realise  
that the forms api
already solves all these problems you guys are trying to solve.  
Indeed, it was built to
do output, and it is already in core.

CCK _will_ be using the forms api structure to output nodes in the  
future (it makes absolutely no sense to use
2 separate systems, especially since there's a completely flexible  
system already in core.), so to future proof your
code .. please think about building on the work that has already been  
done for the forms api.

$node->extras['module_something'] = array('#type' => 'form_box,  
'#value' => $module->something, '#default_value' => 'lorem ipsum  
ferrets and mounties and bubbles and things');

in your theme / template :
<?php form_render($extras['module_something'); ?>

By default render function uses either the order specified, or the  
#weight property you add.

The only requirement is that you need to only have 1 parameter for  
the theme function (an associative array).
You can re-use any theme function you want by just adding a small  
wrapper function, like such :

function theme_form_box($form) {
   return theme_box($form['#title'], $form['#value'] . $form 
['#children']);
}

In the future, all these wrapper functions will be removed and the  
original functions replaced with the new form of parameters
(which makes all the phptemplate_ stub functions obsolete and allow  
direct loading of template for any theme function without
having to explicitly overload anything ... AND it makes writing a  
cohesive theme editor a fsckload simpler)

You can also just use the markup property if that's what you want.



















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Adrian Rossouw
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