NAME

HTML::Puzzle::Format - Html section creator module

SYNOPSIS

 use HTML::Puzzle::Format;

 # test internal DBTable access
 $fmtHtml = new HTML::Puzzle::Format(
                                      dbh       => $dbh,
                                      tablename => 'Test',
                                      filename  => 'templates/format.tmpl',
                                      opt_items => {
                                                    'section_title' =>
                                                    'PUZZLE Test'
                                                   }
                                    );
 
 print $fmtHtml->html;

 

DESCRIPTION

This module return text present in the body of an html template file using HTML::Template::Extension to replace placeholders present in it with dynamic text.

Dynamic text can be set using the opt_items parameter, the items parameter or internally using HTML::Puzzle::DBTable to retrive data from a db table.

The only required costructor property is the "filename" where you set the path of the html template to be used.

The html method open filename, set dynamic text and return body of template.

If opt_items is set with an hash ref every hash keys present is passed to param HMLT::Template method an so, for indeeed, if a tag <TMPL_VAR NAME="test_key"> exists in the template, this tag and placeholder eventually present till <TMPL_VAR> is replaced with the relative hash value.

If "dbh" and "tablename" parameters are set respectivly to an active DBI handle and to a table object present in the database then hash_items method of an internally object istance of HTML::Puzzle::DBTable module is used to get all data available in table and return values are stored in the "items" property.

If "items" property is set (clearly set or from internal DBTable object) with an array ref of hash ref then this array is used to call HTML::Template param method so if, in the template, is present a <TMPL_LOOP NAME="items"> tag all text between this and end tag </TMPL_LOOP> is duplicated many times as items array elements count. If, in the TMPL_LOOP tag are present TMPL_VAR tag named with an hash key present in the items element then, in every duplicated line of loop the tag TMPL_VAR tag is replaced with relative hash value.

You can alter items elements and structure before it's used to fill template with a filter parameter set to a code reference. This code is called by HTML::Puzzle::Format::html method and receive a reference to items array ref that you can modify before applied to template.

METHODS

new ()

Create an instance of HTML::Puzzle::Format.

output ()

Return text present in filename file using %params hash to set TMPL_* parameters present in this template

html ()

Under costruction

items ()

Under costruction

filename ()

Under costruction

opt_items ()

Under costruction

filter ()

Under costruction

order ()

Set an order string for returning data.

date_format()

Set a date format for returning date_format field.

DEBUG COMPONENT

There is also two static constants: a DEBUG_FILE_PATH and a DEBUG constant that enable debug infos written on DEBUG_FILE_PATH file.

Debug is disable by default.

AUTHOR

Bruni Emiliano, <info@ebruni.it>

SEE ALSO

cpanm HTML::Puzzle

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install HTML::Puzzle