[geeklog-devel] Proposal: Plugin vars in templates

[Oliver Spiesshofer]

We should urgently take up the discussion again about the plugin vars... 
that has been sleeping for 6 month now or so...

Oliver

Joe Mucchiello wrote:
> This is a simple suggestion. The professional theme should be modified 
> to add the following to just about every thtml file:
> {plg1}{plg2}{plg3}{plg4}{plg5}
>
> The location would be "at the end" but before any form buttons.
>
> Why? So plugins like the ratings plugin would work across version 
> upgrades without necessitating that the user go in an modify their 
> thtml files over and over again.
>
> In the plugin's config file would be a placeholder option: 
> $_PLG_CONF['placeholder'] = 'plg3'; The user would be responsible for 
> making sure each plugin requiring the placeholder service had a unique 
> placeholder. Now when the template wanted to add itself to an existing 
> page it would use $T->set_var($_PLG_CONF['placeholder'], $mycontent); 
> to do so. As long as the user ensures the placeholders are unique, 
> nothing stomps all over something else.
>
> About the only other change probably needed would be to add the 
> following to the Template class' constructor.
>
> for ($i = 1 to 5) { set_var("plg$i", ''); }
>
> I'm sure folks using stuff like the Ratings plugin would find this 
> helpful.
>
> ----
> Joe Mucchiello
> Throwing Dice Games
> http://www.throwingdice.com
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