$flexy->outputObject()

$flexy->outputObject() – Merges a controller object with the template and outputs the result

Synopsis

void $flexy-> outputObject ( object $controllerObject , array $elements )

Description

This makes the values of the supplied object (and optionally loads the HTML_Template_Flexy_Elements) available to the template when it is run.

Parameter

object $controllerObject - The object you want to use with the template, the values of the object will relate to the $controllerObject->tag will map to {tag} on the template
array $elements - This is an associative array of form, or dynamic elements names (or id's) which will be merged with the one defined in the template.

Note

This function can not be called statically.

Example

PHP code initiating the template, and outputing it


<?php
class example {
  var $tag = ">> hello world";
}

$data = new example;

$elements['test'] = new HTML_Template_Flexy_Element;
$elements['test']->setValue("hello input");

$output = new HTML_Template_Flexy();
$output->compile("hello.html");
$output->outputObject($data,$elements);
?>

The Template with some tags

         
<B>{tag}</B>
<B>{tag:h}</B>
<INPUT name="test">

Resulting output

         
<B>&gt;&gt; hello world</B>
<B>>> hello world</B>
<INPUT name="test" value="hello input">