[Kendle]

I'm trying to template a module and have got stuck trying to understand how the templating system uses sections within the template.

Basically I've got a chunk of HTML that displays a row of data from the database. I've figured out how to re-use this chunk for each row, but I also want to incorporate a variable number of columns within the row, so what I tried to do this:-

Code:

<!-- BEGIN section -->
<tr>
  <td>{section.COLUMN_1}</td>
  <td>{section.COLUMN_2}</td>

  <!-- BEGIN section.sub_section -->
  <td>{section.sub_section.COLUMN_X}</td>
  <!-- END section.sub_section -->

</tr>
<!-- END section -->

But that doesn't seem to work. Is it actually possible to nest sections within each other like this?

[DJ Maze]

Code:

assign_blocks_vars('section', array());
    assign_blocks_vars('section.sub_section', array());
    assign_blocks_vars('section.sub_section', array());
    assign_blocks_vars('section.sub_section', array());
    assign_blocks_vars('section.sub_section', array());
assign_blocks_vars('section', array());
    assign_blocks_vars('section.sub_section', array());
    assign_blocks_vars('section.sub_section', array());
    assign_blocks_vars('section.sub_section', array());
    assign_blocks_vars('section.sub_section', array());

[Kendle]

Doesn't work. The template works fine without the sub section (albeit not displaying what I want it to), so it must be just that bit that's at fault. Are there any examples of modules with a BEGIN - END block nested within another?

[Biggles]

The BEGIN and END statements should not have the parent/section id in them, they should be:

PHP:

<!-- BEGIN section -->
...
  <!-- BEGIN subsection -->
  ...
  <!-- END subsection -->
...
<!-- END section -->

It's a little goofy since when assigning subsections to the block you have to have the section name but when displaying you don't. Here's an entire write-up of how the assign_block_vars() method works:
Forums/viewtopic/t=13852.html#91457

[Kendle]

Ah ha!! That's got it! Thanks a million Biggles this was beginning to do my head in. You're a hero!