[SOLVED] Pass a variable from article content to a template?

kipara · Post by **kipara** » Wed 10. May 2006, 11:55

Hi all,

I would like to pass a number of variables (two URLs to files) from the content part of an article to a template that inserts a sidebar in the article itself.

I know about RT and have used those before but I can not get this to work even with simple [PHP] inserts.

As I see it, I want to insert something like this in my article:
{SETPDFLINK:test.pdf}
And then use this variable inside a .tmpl file associated with this article.

How do I do this?

Send me a message if you want to see the files in action.

Thanks!

Michiel

Post by **juergen** » Wed 10. May 2006, 12:55

Hello kiapara.

I made something in this direction. For transporting of variables i just used the Regular Expressions. Something like index.php?any&p=1

you can strip the varibale off in the then called file ... Template, article ..anyway

This I had in the frontend-render, nevertheless should be good as reptag as well

Juergen

kipara · Post by **kipara** » Wed 10. May 2006, 13:11

Thanks Jürgen,

That won't work I think as the variable is not passed on from page to page but 'inside' the page.

Say I type <p>topic blah blah</p> in the article itself, and then I type {link-this-file-in-sidebar:topic.pdf}

This file is then automatically linked-to in a complicated sidebar I pull into the article using a 'display article' template (based on 'sampl.tmpl').

Is this clear? Or do I understand you wrong?

kipara · Post by **kipara** » Tue 16. May 2006, 09:49

*BUMP*

Anyone an idea how to do this?

Cheers,

Michiel

kipara · Post by **kipara** » Tue 6. Jun 2006, 10:29

As usual I was looking in the wrong place...

The simple way to do this is to make a new {RT}. I made one that takes a file name and builds a complete sidebar around it. Works for 0, 1 or 2 images and captions. I upload the files by FTP myself as I have yet to work around the file re-naming inside phpwcms (the files NEED to keep their original names)

RT (sample, for one image and caption):

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{SIDEBAR:image.jpg,Caption,,}

My PHP coding is not the best but this works for me:

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<?php 

 // SIDEBAR:alias replacement 
 $content["all"] = preg_replace('/\{SIDEBAR:(.*?),(.*?),(.*?),(.*?)\}/ie', 'get_sidebar_content("$1","$2","$3","$4");', $content["all"]);

 // ------------------------------------------------------------- 

 function get_sidebar_content ($image1, $caption1, $image2, $caption2) { 
 
if ($image1=="") { 
	$ret = "<div id=\"column\">\n<h2>Contacts</h2>\n<p>Should you need further information please contact your <a href=\"index.php?contacts\">local press office</a></p>\n</div>\n";
	return $ret; 
 }
 else {
 
if ($image2=="") { 
 
	$ret = "<div id=\"column\">\n<h2>Download</h2>\n";
	$ret .= "<img width=\"186\"  alt=\"".$caption1."\" src=\"picture/small/".$image1."\" />\n";
	$ret .= "<p>Image HR".$image1."<br />".$caption1."<br />\n";
	$ret .= "<a href=\"picture/HRE/HRE".$image1."\" target=\"_blank\">High Resolution JPEG file</a></p>\n";
	$ret .= "<h2>Contacts</h2>\n<p>Should you need further information please contact your <a href=\"index.php?contacts\">local press office</a></p>\n</div>\n";
		return $ret; 
 }
 else {
	$ret = "<div id=\"column\">\n<h2>Download</h2>\n";
	$ret .= "<img width=\"186\"  alt=\"".$caption1."\" src=\"picture/small/".$image1."\" />\n";
	$ret .= "<p>Image HR".$image1."<br />".$caption1."<br />\n";
	$ret .= "<a href=\"picture/HRE/HRE".$image1."\" target=\"_blank\">High Resolution JPEG file</a></p>\n";
	$ret .= "<img width=\"186\"  alt=\"".$caption2."\" src=\"picture/small/".$image2."\" />\n";
	$ret .= "<p>Image HR".$image2."<br />".$caption2."<br />\n";
	$ret .= "<a href=\"picture/HRE/HRE".$image2."\" target=\"_blank\">High Resolution JPEG file</a></p>\n";
	$ret .= "<h2>Contacts</h2>\n<p>Should you need further information please contact your <a href=\"index.php?contacts\">local press office</a></p>\n</div>\n";
	return $ret;
 } 
 }
 }

?>

Cheers,

Kipara