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documentation:rack:reference:templates [2018/05/25 19:41] – [Context] Martijn Luinstradocumentation:rack:reference:templates [2023/08/31 23:12] (current) Martijn Luinstra
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 ====== Templates ====== ====== Templates ======
  
-Every template is an instance of the <php>Template</php> class defined in ''include/utils.php''.+Every template is an instance of the ''Template'' class defined in ''include/utils.php''. Rack templates are parsed and executed as PHP and therefore can execute arbitrary PHP code. However, it is advised to keep it simple in order to maintain separation between rendering and internal logic. This page covers the documentation of functionality that is specific to templates.
  
-===== Template inheritance =====+<WRAP danger>**WARNING!** No data is escaped by default. Always explicitly escape your template variables and be careful which data you access in templates.</WRAP>
  
-Rack templates support basic template inheritance, provided by the following functions: +===== Template variables (context) =====
- +
-  * <php>Template->extends($template)</php> This function sets the parent template, where <php>$template</php> as a path relative to the current template. +
-  * <php>Template->begin($block_name)</php> This function begins a new block. +
-  * <php>Template->end()</php> This function ends a block. +
- +
-Note that nested blocks are not supported and that blocks are only allowed in templates that extend a parent template. +
- +
-===== Context =====+
  
 Templates are intitialized with a context object, which is an associative array. The individual elements of this array are made available in the templates as regular variables (see [[http://php.net/manual/en/function.extract.php|extract]]). Consider the context  Templates are intitialized with a context object, which is an associative array. The individual elements of this array are made available in the templates as regular variables (see [[http://php.net/manual/en/function.extract.php|extract]]). Consider the context 
  
-<PHP>+<code php>
 $context = [ $context = [
   'title' => 'Home',   'title' => 'Home',
   'page_id' => 'index'   'page_id' => 'index'
 ]; ];
-</PHP>+</code>
  
 and the template and the template
  
-<PHP>+<code php>
 <html> <html>
   <head>   <head>
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   </body>   </body>
 </html> </html>
-</PHP>+</code>
  
 which renders as which renders as
  
-<HTML+<WRAP box round
-<div style="padding: 1em; border: solid 1px #999; border-radius: 0.2em;"> +====== Home ====== 
-  <h1>Home</h1> +page_id: index 
-  page_id: index +</WRAP>
-</div> +
-</HTML>\\+
  
 ===== Template functions ===== ===== Template functions =====
  
 +All global functions are available in templates. The template class provides the following additional functions for escaping data to prevent XSS attacks.
 +
 +  * ''%%html($data)%%'' Escapes data to be used as (part of) an HTML element's content.
 +  * ''%%attr($data)%%'' Escapes data to be used as (part of) an HTML element's attributes.
 +  * ''%%format_plain_text($text)%%'' Escapes and wraps paragraphs in ''<p>'' elements.
 +
 +Remember! No data is escaped by default. Always explicitly escape your template variables and be careful which data you access in templates.
 +
 +The following snippet shows how these functions should be used.
 +
 +<code php>
 +<section>
 +  <h1><?= $this->html($title) ?></h1>
 +  <?= $this->format_plain_text($some_text) ?>
 +  Author: <a href="<?= $this->attr($url_to_author_page) ?>"><?= $this->html($author_name) ?></a>
 +</section>
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +===== Template inheritance =====
 +
 +Rack templates support basic template inheritance, provided by the following functions:
 +
 +  * ''%%Template->extends($template)%%'' This function sets the parent template, where <php>$template</php> as a path relative to the current template.
 +  * ''%%Template->begin($block_name)%%'' This function begins a new block.
 +  * ''%%Template->end()%%'' This function ends a block.
 +
 +Note that nested blocks are not supported and that blocks are only allowed in templates that extend a parent template.
 +
 +The following snippets demonstrate the use of blocks and template inheritance.
 +
 +<file php page.phtml>
 +<?php $this->extends('layout.phtml') ?>
 +
 +<?php $this->begin('content') ?>
 +Hello world!
 +<?php $this->end() ?>
 +</file>
 +
 +<file php layout.phtml>
 +<html>
 +  <head>
 +    <title><?= $title ?></title>
 +  </head>
 +  <body>
 +   <?= $content ?>
 +  </body>
 +</html>
 +</file>
 +
 +===== More control structures =====
 +
 +Rack templates are parsed and executed as PHP and therefore can execute arbitrary PHP code. However, it is advised to keep it simple in order to maintain separation between rendering and internal logic.
 +
 +By convention, templates use the [[http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.alternative-syntax.php|Alternative syntax]] for PHP control structures. Definitions of non-anonymous functions in templates are forbidden (by design) and anonymous functions should only be used in templates in exceptional situations.

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