Hi,
In my web application, whenever I instantiate a HTML::Template object, I
always set the same variables that contain often-used lists, for example the
list of months in the year, the list of days in a month, etc...
In any template, then, I can have the following contruct (code sample 1):
<SELECT NAME="Whatever">
<TMPL_LOOP NAME="One of the 'list' variables">
<OPTION VALUE="the value">the text
</TMPL_LOOP>
</SELECT>
So far, this is basic.
Now, one of my templates lists a series of candidates for a job opening.
For each candidate, a lot of different information fields are displayed.
The template has the following structure (code sample 2):
<TABLE>
<TMPL_LOOP NAME=CANDIDATES>
<TR>
[the candidate's information, made up of many sub-tables, etc...]
</TR>
</TMPL_LOOP>
</TABLE>
I would like to use one of my "permanent" lists (mentionned at the start of
this post) inside each candidate's information structure. However,
inserting "code sample 1" anywhere inside the <tr></tr> of "code sample 2"
yields an empty list. Of course, manually adding the permanent list to the
CANDIDATES list resolves the problem.
Is it by design that I cannot use a TMPL_LOOP construct inside another one
in a template ?
A funny behavior is that if I insert "code sample 1" before the <TMPL_LOOP>
of "code sample 2", and then use "code sample 1" inside the <TR></TR>, then
everything seems fine.
Here's my instantiation code for the HTML::Template object :
$self->{html_template} = new HTML::Template(scalarref => \$the_template,
option => 'value',
die_on_bad_params => 0,
global_vars => 1,
loop_context_vars => 1);
