What Are .Tpl Files? PHP, Web Design

What are .tpl files? PHP, web design

That looks like Smarty to me. Smarty is a template parser written in PHP.

You can read up on how to use Smarty in the documentation.

If you can't get access to the CMS's source: To view the templates in your browser, just look at what variables Smarty is using and create a PHP file that populates the used variables with dummy data.

If I remember correctly, once Smarty is set up, you can use:

$smarty->assign('nameofvar', 'some data');

to set the variables.

Where does 'tpl' php variable come from?

You haven't really given us enough information to be 100% certain ...

... but "tmp" probably stands for "template".

In this link, the PHP framework was "Smarty": What is .tpl files? php, web design

"So what is a 'template'?", you might ask?

https://www.dummies.com/web-design-development/html5/using-templates-with-php/

As web development becomes standardized, the Model-View-Controller
(MVC) architecture has become more popular. The basic idea of this
mechanism is to separate the data elements (the model), the user
interface (the view), and the code that connects the model and the
view (the controller).

Many programming instructors emphasize separating content, layout, and
data. However, the way PHP is often written, it combines all three
elements. As a response, web developers often use some form of
templating system to try to separate the content from the view.

To get a feel for this, I encourage you to try either of these tutorials:

• Twig

• Smarty

ADDENDUM:

It turns out that that your app, PHPJabber, uses it's own, home-grown MVC/Template framework:

• https://www.phpjabbers.com/our-php-code.php

• https://www.phpjabbers.com/blog/framework-introduction.html

Please read the tutorials about "Twig" and/or "Smarty". This will help you understand what's going on with PHPJabber. Specifically, it should help you understand the "what" and the "why" of your "tpl" variables, and how they relate to the "controller" rendering a "view".

How to include php code in .tpl file

You should not inject php code in any kind of template (not only Smarty). Load your data and perform your logic in php and render in the templating. engine. There is no need for template functions or to include php in your case.

PHP file

// Initiate smarty
$smarty = new Smarty ...;
...

// Somehow load your data from file
$itemsFromFile = somehow_load_data_from_file( ... );
...

// PAss your data to Smarty
$smarty->assign('items', $itemsFromFile);
...

// Render your template
$smarty->display( ... );

TPL file

<table>
    <tr>
        <th>Name</th>
        <th>Lastname</th>
        <th>Phone</th>
    </tr>

    {foreach $items as $key => $item}
        {if $key % 3 == 0}
            <tr>
        {/if}
                <td>$item</td>
        {if $key % 3 == 2}
            </tr>
        {/if}
    {/foreach}
</table>

Use the advantages of the templating engine. You can use modulus of three instead of counting to two and then reseting to zero.

Sources:

• https://www.smarty.net/docsv2/en/language.function.if.tpl
• https://www.smarty.net/docsv2/en/language.function.foreach.tpl
• Passing variable from PHP to Smarty

Geocore - TPL and PHP Files (Smarty)

You can't "assign" a PHP file to a template. That relationship works the other way around: from within a given PHP file, you call a specific template to be used for rendering its contents. You can assign individual variables to that template via smarty's assign(), from inside the PHP file that uses it.

If you need to create an interface between an entire PHP file and a given template, your best bet is to create a custom Smarty plugin, per http://www.smarty.net/docs/en/plugins.tpl. GeoCore has several built-in plugins that might help get you started: take a look in the /classes/geo_smarty_plugins/ directory

Php code in .tpl files (no template-engine)

Make sure that the PHP short opening tags <? ... ?> are enabled :

To achieve this, just set :

short_open_tag=On

In your php.ini file and then restart your Apache server.

Source

Using smarty template (*.tpl) what is {#name#}

Those are variables loaded from config files.

Can anyone please tell me in which language the below mentioned code is written. The file is named as xxxx.tpl

.tpl files are used in smarty, its a template system.

You can check details on www.smarty.net

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