Hello,

in various templates and multiple times within templates I have the
following construct:

{if is_array($TemplateVar.value) }
<td>{html_options name=$TemplateVar.name options=$TemplateVar.value
selected=$selected class="bg`$TemplateVar.farbe`"
style="width:`$TemplateVar.breite`px" onchange=$TemplateVar.js}</td>
{else}
<td><input type="text" name="{$TemplateVar.name}"
value="{$TemplateVar.value}" class="bg{$TemplateVar.farbe}"
size="{$TemplateVar.breite}" {$TemplateVar.readstatus} /></td>
{/if}

I was wondering, whether there'd be a more convinient way to do that
without performance loss.
Would a plugin be a good idea? What (else) would you recommend??

Thanx in advance,
Peggy

Hello again,

I solved the problem by writing a wee plugin which (dependent on the
data type) calls either the smarty_function for select-box-creation or
writes code for input field and returns it.


************in the template****************

<td>{checkfield data=$templateVar value=$templateVar_value
selected=$selected}</td>



***************in function.checkfield.php***************

function smarty_function_checkfield($params, &$smarty)
{
if (is_array($params['value'])) {
$res =
smarty_function_html_options(array('name'=>$params['data']['name'],
'options'=>$params['value'], 'selected'=>$params['selected'],
'class'=>"bg" . $params['data']['farbe'], 'style'=>"width:" .
$params['data']['breite'] . "px",
'onchange'=>$params['data']['js']),$smarty);
}
else {
$res = "<input type=\"text\" name=\"" . $params['data']['name'] . "\"
value=\"" . $params['value'] . "\" class=\"bg" .
$params['data']['farbe'] . "\" size=\"" . $params['data']['breite'] .
"\"" . $params['data']['readstatus'] . "/>";
}
return $res;
}
**********************

Ciao,
Peggy

Peggy Schatz wrote:
> ************in the template****************
>
> <td>{checkfield data=$templateVar value=$templateVar_value
> selected=$selected}</td>

For what it's worth, you might also consider using a form handling class
such as formsess, PEAR::HTML_QuickForm, etc. I use the latter, and my
template code is something like this:
<div{if $form.myelement.required} class="required">
<label for=$form.myelement.id>My Element Label</label>
{$form.myelement.html}
</div>

The renderer object for the form takes care of outputting the correct
markup for the input type.

FWIW!

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