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Smarty PHP Template Programming and Applications

By : Hasin Hayder, Joao Prado Maia, Lucian Gheorghe
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Smarty PHP Template Programming and Applications

By: Hasin Hayder, Joao Prado Maia, Lucian Gheorghe

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<p>Smarty is a templating engine for PHP. Designers who are used to working with HTML files can work with Smarty templates, which are HTML files with simple tags while programmers work with the underlying PHP code. The Smarty engine brings the code and templates together. The result of all this is that designers can concentrate on designing, programmers can concentrate on programming, and they don't need to get in each others way so much. Even if you are developing a site on your own, Smarty is a powerful way to make your code clearer to you and others, as well as easier to debug and modify later.</p>

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Hasin Hayder | Joao Prado Maia | Lucian Gheorghe
Apr, 2006 | 256 pages
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Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Smarty PHP Template Programming and Applications
Smarty PHP Template Programming and Applications
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Introduction to Smarty
Introduction to Smarty
Templating Systems
A Rough Guide to the Software Design Process
Smarty—The Ultimate Templating System for PHP
Smarty’s Main Features
Smarty Internals
Installing and Configuring Smarty
Upgrading a Smarty Site
Summary
2
Smarty Site Architecture
Smarty Site Architecture
Separation of Concerns
Roles Involved in Building and Maintaining a Website
Starting a Smarty Project
Summary
3
What Designers Need to Know
What Designers Need to Know
Development Team Problems: Common Scenarios
Roles of a Template Designer and a Programmer
Definitions and Concepts for Designers
Choosing an Editor for Template Design
Collaborating with Programmers
Summary
4
Creating a Template
Creating a Template
Design Concepts, from HTML to TPL
Introduction to Smarty Variables
Starting Templates
Basic Templating
Templates in the Real World
Summary
5
Advanced Templating
Advanced Templating
Smarty under the Hood
Stretch your Imagination with Smarty
Available Modifiers
Combining Modifiers
Configuration Files
Summary
6
Smarty Functions
Smarty Functions
Types of Smarty Functions
Functions in Action
Action: Re-using Page Elements with the include Function
Explanation
Inserting Dynamic Content
Passing Variables to Included Templates
Saving Variables in Configuration Files
Creating Configuration Sections for Each Page
Handling Lists in Templates
Removing Extra White Space from Templates
Handling JavaScript Code in Templates
Processing Deeply Nested Arrays
Cycling Through a List of Values
Avoiding Spam Indexers
Form-Related Functions
More Form-Related Functions
Summary
7
Debugging for Designers
Debugging for Designers
Debugging Smarty Templates
Semantic Errors
Common Smarty Errors
Other Common Smarty Errors
Smarty Debug Console
Summary
8
Built-in Smarty Variables and Methods
Built-in Smarty Variables and Methods
Built-in Smarty Variables
Built-in Smarty Methods
Summary
9
Caching and Performance
Caching and Performance
Caching in Smarty
Dynamically Caching Template Sections
Clearing the Cache
Advanced Caching Features
Using Cache Groups
Clearing a Cache Group
Avoiding the Cache
Creating a Custom Cache Handler
Optimizing Smarty Applications
Profiling PHP
Designing Sites for Effective Caching
Tools: ApacheBench (ab)
Tools: Xdebug
Tools: WinCacheGrind
Summary
10
Extending Smarty with Plug-ins
Extending Smarty with Plug-ins
Finding and Installing Plug-ins
Useful Plug-ins
Writing your own Plug-ins
Plug-in Types
Registering Plug-ins
Example Plug-in: Calendar
Example Plug-in: Auto-link URLs
Summary
11
Filters
Filters
Prefilters
Postfilters
Output Filters
Creating Filters
Registering a Filter at Run Time
Manually Loading a Filter
Automatically Loading a Filter
Filter #1: Remove HTML Comments
Filter #2: Benchmark Information
Filter #3: Compress Output with gzip
Filter #4: Search Engine Highlight
Summary
12
Internationalization
Internationalization
Translation Infrastructure: Gettext
Configuring PHP with Gettext
Simple PHP Example
Setting Up the Gettext Files
Using Gettext with Smarty
Generating a PO File
Advanced Features of Smarty Gettext
Summary
Index
Index

Smarty PHP Template Programming and Applications

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First published: April 2006

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