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Includes from php instead of template


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rokryan

Community Member, 13 Posts

24 November 2009 at 1:38pm

What if you can't get an <% else_if %> to work?

Trying a real basic one at the moment that just won't budge..

<% if InSection(home) %>
<% include SideBarWidget %>
<% else_if InSection(sitemap) %>
<% include SideBarWidget %>
<% else_if InSection(privacy-policy) %>
<% include SideBarWidget %>
<% else_if InSection(disclaimer) %>
<% include SideBarWidget %>
<% else_if InSection(register-interest) %>
<% include SideBarWidget %>
<% else_if InSection(refer-us) %>
<% include SideBarWidget %>
<% else %>
<% include Menu2 %>
<% end_if %>

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dalesaurus

Community Member, 283 Posts

26 November 2009 at 5:26am

Edited: 26/11/2009 5:27am

Whoa whoa whoa, everyone. This is getting WAY overcomplicated. Use a custom control instead.

YourPage.php (Controller section)

public function WhatShouldBeIncluded() {
   $return = array();
   // List out all the things want a sidebar for
   $giveMeASidebar = array('home', ....... 'privacy-policy','disclaimer','register-interest','refer-us');
   // Get a list of all parent page URLSegments (which is what InSection() does, see SiteTree.php)
   $allParentSegments = array();
   $page = $this;
    while($page) {
        $allParentSegments[] = $page->URLSegment;
	$page = $page->Parent;
    }
   if( !empty( array_intersect($giveMeASidebar,$allParentSegments) ) ) {
       $return['UseSidebar'] = true;
   }
   return $return;
}

YouPage.ss

<% control WhatShouldBeIncluded %>
    <% if UseSidebar %>
        <% include SideBarWidget %> 
    <% else %>
        <% include Menu2 %> 
    <% end_if %>
<% end_control %>

You could even shorten that loop to <% if WhatShouldBeIncluded.UseSidebar %>. Using a control gives you full PHP control on the backend and minimized hacky template coding.

Now on to the turkey!

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