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Searching within file and str_replace()ing

Hi Guys,

I am trying to work with a very simple templat ing kind of system which

1:fopen() a local .tpl file
2:str_replace  with some content
3:output

I can do the above without a problem, but I would like to extend the above and need your help there...becaues I think I will need some RegEx...and I suck at RegEx's.Plus I would like your input as this is something i have not done till now, but you more experenced guys might have....

1: Basically, I want to be able to specify how many records to fetch like so


then i can query the db accordingly to fetch 25 records....

2: I would like to have categories like so:

***show_options.tpl***
<html>
<body>
And here are some cartoons:

<br><br>
Or if you prefer full movies:

</body>
</html>

so I guess I will need a regex that can check the file and see if categories exist according to the array, eg:

$categories=array("cartoons","movies","jokes","pictures","yummy","mickey","donald","batman");

if  is found then
$found_cats=array
(
cartoons =>"23" // the number of cartoons to query the db
)

These are just my ideas....I would appreciate any comments you have or if you have any arguements why they are not good please tell me.
eg:
Do you think I will have a problem if the .tpl files are big? (eg: >= 90kb)
Regex will be too slow...
Mag, you're too ugly... :-)
etc

Thanks,
Mag

Roonaan

Offcourse i could be wrong about this, but isn't the most important reason for using templates to separate php from html/ processing from output.

Therefor it would be inappropriate to have templates tell you processing how to act. In my opinion not templates should say the number of elements it wants to be read from database, but configuration (static or session based).

If you would like to use your templates in such a way, please use plain php then; i.e.: use <?php tpl_get('links',25); ?> instead of .

My 2cts.

-r-

mkortleven

First you need to get the ids and record counts, than getting the data and at last replace and display it.
RegEx are extremely fast, if you code them correct ;-)

Getting the ids and the record counts:

$found = array();
if (preg_match_all('##', $fileContents, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER)) {
foreach ($matches as $match) {
$found[$match[0]] = $match[1];
}
}

Get the data:

$data = array();
foreach ($found as $key => $count) {
$data[$key] = /* YOUR data as HTML string for $key with $count rows */
}

Replace the "tags":

// create RegEx tags
$regExTags = array();
foreach ($found as $key => $count) {
$regExTags[] = sprintf(
'##',
preg_quote($key, '#'),
$count
);
}
$fileContents = preg_replace($regExTags, $data, $fileContents);

Is this what you mean?

Marc

mag1c1an

ASKER

Hi Roonaan,
Thanks for replying.

I do need the template file to tell the php file what records to get etc as the end user will be makeing his own .tpl files and specifying how many records he wants returned from which category.

can you explain a bit more on how to use this:
<?php tpl_get('links',25); ?>

***

Marc,
Thanks for replying, what you wrote looks like total gibberish to me :-) but i'll take your word that RegEX's are fast if used correctly...I dont know any better.
I'll run your code get back to ya.

Cheers,
Mag

mag1c1an

ASKER

Hi again Marc,

Its now working..... below is how I tried testing it, where am I going wrong?

*** start code ***

<?php
$fileContents=<<<blah
<html>
<body>
And here are some cartoons:

<br><br>
Or if you prefer full movies:

</body>
</html>
blah;

$found = array();
if (preg_match_all('##', $fileContents, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER)) {echo "in preg_match";
foreach ($matches as $match) {
$found[$match[0]] = $match[1];
echo "in first foreach";
}
}

//Get the data:

$data = array();
foreach ($found as $key => $count) {
$data[$key] = "\$key was: $key and \$count was: $count";/* YOUR data as HTML string for $key with $count rows */
echo "In second foreach() ".$key. " ".$count;
}

//Replace the "tags":

// create RegEx tags
$regExTags = array();
foreach ($found as $key => $count) {
$regExTags[] = sprintf(
'##',
preg_quote($key, '#'),
$count
);
}
$fileContents = preg_replace($regExTags, $data, $fileContents);
print_r($fileContents);
?>

*** End code ***

Thanks,
Mag

mag1c1an

ASKER

Oops, I meant "not" working, it does not seem to be 'catching' any of the tags...

-Mag

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mag1c1an

ASKER

Hi,
Thanks for replying, your solution was not *exactly* what I was looking for but thankfully I was able to modify it to my needs, I just needed your regex's which i didnt know how to write. So since your solution helped me solve my problem and I used the code from your solution...full points to you!

Thanks,
Mag