Template Operators

About

Template operators plug into the Template system in eZ publish and are programmed in PHP. Template Operators can take input, transform it, and return a result to the template. eZ publish comes with a lot of built in template operators.

Alternatives

If you looking to save yourself a lot of development time and your not using a certified platform (re: eZ Publish Now) we suggest you use the wrap operator

Inside Template Operators

How template operator usage

Typical usage of a template operator is like this:

{'input'|mytploperator('param1','param2')}

How template operators work

Template operators provide a template language function for your existing php function.

When to create a template operator?

If you have a lot of loops, ifs and fetches to manipulate variables, that is usually a good idea to put in an template operator.

What can you do

It is typically useful for:

• Manipulating variables ( arrays, strings, numbers, etc )
• Extracting information from eZ publish or external system
• a combination of the above

Creating a template operator

In the administration interface of eZ publish there is a wizard that helps you creating template operators. Go to "Setup" - "RAD" - "Template Operator wizard"

Put more detailed example here..

When to use template operators? Why there are so few template operators or documentation on them as a category or subject?

How to enable a template operator

How to debug a template operator not loading error

1. Settings - If valid settings are not properly configured your template operator will not be loaded
2. Code - If you have a code problem with your template operator.

Debug Tip

• Ensure that the autoloads directory for your template operator is properly configured in the settings

From file, 'extension/ezgpg/settings/site.ini.append'

#?ini charset="iso-8859-1"?
# eZ publish configuration file.
 
[TemplateSettings]
AutoloadPathList[]=extension/ezgpg/autoloads

• Insert an echo statement in your templatate operators autoload php file. From file, 'extension/ezgpg/autoloads/eztemplateautoload.php'

<?php
 
eZDebug::writeWarning( 'eZGPGOperators::autoload : load template operator' );
 
echo("eZGPGOperators::autoload : load template operator || is loaded ...<hr /><hr />");
// Operator autoloading
 
$eZTemplateOperatorArray = array();
$eZTemplateOperatorArray[] = array( 'script' => 'extension/ezgpg/autoloads/ezgpg_operators.php',
                                    'class' => 'eZGPGOperators',
                                    'operator_names' => array( 'ezgpg_decode' ) );
 
?>

When to use a template operator

When you need to provide a feature via function in templates.

Why to use a template operator

It is the only way to access additional user defined features without kernel or extension modification

Using PHP functions as template variables

1. strip html tags

To remove html tags from a string.
=============================
In template.ini(.append.php)
add under
[PHP]
....
PHPOperatorList[striptags]=strip_tags
......
Then in your template use
$yourstring_with_xml|striptags
and catch the stripped output
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See: https://ez.no/community/forum/developer/operator_to_strip_off_html_tags