Hi Freshnode,

No, PHP code cannot be using in ss template files at all. This, (in a way) forcers developers to adhere to the MVC way of doing things, so that templates are used only for what they are there for - presentation.

Any PHP logic you require needs to go into your page controllers. You can create a custom function in your controller like so:

Then all you need to do in your tempalte ss file is call that function like so:

Note that you don't need the divs.

Hope that helps. Please checkout the silverstripe tutorials for more:
http://doc.silverstripe.com/doku.php?id=tutorials

Aaron

In the files in /mysite/code/ directory. This is where the code for your page types are setup.

I'd suggest reading the tutorials like he linked, as it gives a good start.