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Templates, extensions, the API and the code behind it.

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String operators The 15 operators of eZTemplateStringOperator (upcase, downcase, upfirst, upword, count_words, count_chars, trim, simplify, pad, shorten, wrap, break, wash, ord, chr), every wash type (xhtml, email, javascript, pdf), and… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
PHP string functions: search and compare The searching, comparing and similarity operators of eZTemplateStringsOperator (strlen, strpos, stripos, strrpos, strripos, strstr, stristr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, substr_count, str_contains… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
PHP string functions: transform The transforming operators of eZTemplateStringsOperator (substr, substr_replace, ristring, rstring, strtr, str_split, str_word_count, str_getcsv, strtok, ltrim, rtrim, lcfirst, chunk_split, addslashes, stripslashes… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
PHP string functions: encode and format The encoding and formatting operators of eZTemplateStringsOperator (bin2hex, hex2bin, convert_uuencode, convert_uudecode, quoted_printable_encode, quoted_printable_decode, htmlentities, html_entity_decode… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
PHP function operators How template.ini [PHP] PHPOperatorList turns one-argument PHP functions into template operators through eZTemplatePHPOperator, the operators it gives on a development installation (urlencode, urldecode, rawurlencode… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Text operators concat and indent from eZTemplateTextOperator - joining values into one string and indenting multi-line text with spaces, tabs or a custom filler, the object trap of concat in compiled templates, with examples rendered… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
The object model in templates How a template sees the PHP objects of the content model - node, content object, version, data map, content object attribute and its datatype content - and the attribute protocol (attributes, hasAttribute, attribute)… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Locale operators The 7 operators of eZTemplateLocaleOperator - l10n with all nine formatting types, datetime with the datetime.ini classes and custom formats, locale, currentdate, maketime, makedate and gettime - with examples rendered… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Node attributes reference Every attribute a template can read from a node (eZContentObjectTreeNode) - the 16 database fields and the 35 function attributes of its definition, the PHP method behind each, and the value each returned for a real… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Attribute and dump operators attribute and dump from eZTemplateAttributeOperator - listing what an object, a hash or an array offers to templates, with or without values, to a depth, as an HTML table or as text, and why their output must never… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Content object attributes reference Every attribute a template can read from a content object (eZContentObject) - the 12 database fields and the 65 function attributes of its definition, the PHP method behind each, and the value each returned for a real… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Content attribute and version reference Every attribute a template can read from a content object attribute (eZContentObjectAttribute, the items of data_map) and from a version (eZContentObjectVersion), with the PHP method behind each, values from a… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Digest operators crc32, md5 and rot13 from eZTemplateDigestOperator, plus sha1, which the class offers but which only works after another digest operator has loaded it; what they are for in templates and what not, with examples rendered… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Data map and content Reading the fields of a content object in templates - data_map, has_content, content, the raw data_text and data_int, and attribute_view_gui - proven field by field on a real article on a development installation… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
The si unit operator si from eZTemplateUnitOperator - formatting a number with a unit and a decimal or binary prefix (file sizes, lengths, weights) from units.ini, with every parameter, the auto prefix rule and examples rendered on a… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
The fetch and fetch_alias operators fetch and fetch_alias from eZTemplateExecuteOperator - how a template reaches a module's function_definition.php through eZFunctionHandler and eZModuleFunctionInfo, parameters, results and failures, what the compiler… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Role operators The 7 operators of eZTemplateRoleOperator (has_role, has_role_id, has_any_role, has_role_by_user, has_role_by_user_id, has_policy, has_policy_by_user) - what they check, why the piped input is ignored, why they are not… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Image operators texttoimage, image and imagefile from eZTemplateImageOperator - rendering text as an image with a TrueType font from texttoimage.ini, composing layers, and reading an image file's size - which ones write files under… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
The expinfo operator expinfo from eZTemplateExpInfoOperator - the active extensions, all available extensions, one extension's metadata from extension.xml and ezinfo.php, and the kernel information, which keys each mode returns, and which… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Module view templates How a module view renders its templates - the PHP side (eZTemplate::factory(), setVariable(), fetch( 'design:...' )), the $Result array a view returns, and how the kernel hands it to the pagelayout as $module_result… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development

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