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

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Swark operators: request and system The request and system operators of the swark extension - charset, current_siteaccess, current_layout, is_post_request, server, cookie, user_id_by_login, variable_names, debug, debug_attributes, redirect, return and… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Operators of smaller extensions The template operators of ezoe, ezwt, enhancedezbinaryfile, recaptcha, xrowmetadata and bcwebsitestatistics - ezoe_ini_section, ezcreateclasslistgroups, parsexml, recaptcha_get_html, metadata, the six… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Newsletter operators of cjw_newsletter The thirteen template operators of the cjw_newsletter extension - three general ones (cjw_newsletter_str_replace, cjw_newsletter_preg_replace, cjw_newsletter_variable) and ten rendering operators (conditions, plain text… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Layouts, expui and expai operators The template operators of the Exponential layout extensions (expl_parse, expl_strip, expl_has, expl_first, explayouts_ui_has_template), of expui (exp_config) and of expai (expai_money, expai_tokens, expai_number… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Custom template functions Writing a template function (a brace tag with named parameters and an optional body) in an extension - functionList, hasChildren, attributeList, process, evaluating parameters, rendering the body, registration in… DevelopersApplication creators Development
Registration order and overrides How the template engine decides which class serves an operator name - the order it reads the eztemplateautoload.php files, "last registration wins", the 21 names two classes register on a development installation, and… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Overriding kernel operators Changing what a kernel or template-library operator does from an extension, the way extension ezurlmultisite does for ezurl - subclass the class that owns the name, register the subclass for all of its names, drop the… DevelopersApplication creators Development
Registering operators Every way a template operator gets registered - eztemplateautoload.php in AutoloadPathList and ExtensionAutoloadPath, the entry keys, template.ini PHPOperatorList, owsimpleoperator.ini - how extension order is decided… DevelopersApplication creators Development
Creating an operator, step by step The whole path from an idea to a working template operator in an extension - choose a free name, write the class, register it, clear caches, try it interpreted and compiled, deploy - or let the template extension wizard… DevelopersApplication creators Development
The operator class interface Every method and argument the template engine uses on a template operator object - operatorList, namedParameterPerOperator, namedParameterList, modify with its eight arguments, operatorTemplateHints and element… DevelopersApplication creators Development
Fetch aliases What fetch_alias() does, the fetchalias.ini syntax (Module, FunctionName, Parameter[], Constant[]), every alias defined on a development installation with what it maps to and an example rendered on a development… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Fetch functions: how they work What happens when a template calls fetch() - eZFunctionHandler, eZModuleFunctionInfo, the module's function_definition.php and its function collection class - the definition format, results and errors, the module… DevelopersApplication creators Development
OW Simple Operator - PHP functions as template operators What the owsimpleoperator extension does, how its operators are registered from owsimpleoperator.ini, the five PHP functions it offers on this installation (time, mktime, getdate, str_replace, str_rot13), and how to… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Your own operators with OW Simple Operator Writing template operators as plain public methods of a class that extends OWSimpleOperator, registering each method in owsimpleoperator.ini, optional arguments, the pipe form, and what happens when the class is… DevelopersApplication creators Development
OW Simple Operator: limitations and risks What OW Simple Operator does not do and where it bites - the pipe form that drops an argument, null arguments that are left out, no parameter checks, no compile-time optimization, name clashes, caching and the security… DevelopersApplication creators Development
Template operators Every template operator registered on a development installation, grouped by family with parameters, input, return value and examples rendered on a development installation, plus how operators are registered, written… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
The template language The Exponential template language (eZ TPL, ezpl) in depth - what it is and where it came from, its syntax side by side with Smarty, values, variables and namespaces, control structures, the object model of nodes… DevelopersDesignersApplication creators Development
Extending Exponential 6.0 This guide is the map for developers who add to Exponential 6.0 without changing the kernel. It covers: DevelopersDesigners Development
Branch history How the Exponential repositories use branches and tags today, which release lines are maintained, which branch or tag to build a site on, and the branches of the original SVN repository from 2003 to 2006. AdministratorsDevelopers Development
Benchmarking Exponential: measuring, comparing and guarding speed This guide teaches every way to measure the speed of an Exponential installation with exp:benchmark: pages over HTTP through Apache or Velocity, cached and rendered; the parts of a page inside the kernel; pure-PHP hot… AdministratorsDevelopers Development

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