Replacing a file with code ...

[dbeezzz]

I'm opening a file first, then parsing the contents with my_object function, and then I'd like to feed that output into another object.

Unfortunately though, the second object only accepts files instead of code on-the-fly as it were. Rather than start messing around with my template object, I'm wondering if there is another way I could feed in my code and have it accepted as a file.

I'll be running my code through my own class roughly something like this

$temp_code = $my_object -> output('index.tpl');

$template->set_filenames( 'index' => $temp_code  );

$template->assign_vars( 'VAR_1' => $row1 );

$template->assign_var_from_handle('INDEX' , 'index' );

$template->pparse('body');

The assign_var_from_handle expects a file, not code.
I'm basically wrapping the index.tpl in my own larger javascript/html file which is produced by my object.

 

[Itshim]

This may not be the best answer, but you could write the code to a file and then send that file to the second object.

But I really do not think this a satisfactory solution. Did you write the second class, or are you using a pre-made class? I'm not sure what the second object does with the file, but I would consider adding a method to accept code.

Better yet, when I have an object which can accept incoming data in two different forms, I like to have a generic method named something like inputData(), then either dynamically figure out what form the data is in, or have the method accept a $data_form argument.

Depending on the form of the data, inputData() would call assign_var_from_handle() or assign_var_from_code(), where the data is formated from the source and sent back into the regular flow of the object.

 

[dbeezzz]

Hi Itshim,

I'm using the opening and closing file technique at the moment, but that's just to check the functionality. I wouldn't feel right putting a file r/w into the code for every execution.

The second object is prepackaged, but so I'd prefer not to touch it if there was some magic way to convert data to a stream or something like that.

Anway, no biggie, I reckon I could probably overload the method without too much difficulty. <fingers crossed>