multiple templates in 1 file?

I'm currently using patTemplate. I'm considering switching to TBS, but there is already one thing which I like in patTemplate and don't find in TBS, namelijk storing  multiple templates in 1 file

I like to keep my logic for one process (like registering== show form, save data, show succeed message) in 1 PHP file, and the templates for it in 1 template file. So I have at least 2 seperate templates in 1 file (one to show the form, one to show the succeeded message without the form). If the process is a multi-step process, I even have more. Is that possible in TBS or should all tempaltes be loaded from seperate pages?

I found another thing I like in patTemplate but I'm not sure is possible in TBS, namely adding multiple objects to one row.

sometimes one would have a row like this

<tr><td>person.first name</td><td>company.name</td></tr>

now I have something like this

$persons = fetchAllPersons();
foreach ($persons as $person) {

   $company = fetchCompanyOfPerson($person->id);
   $patTemplate->addObject('row', $person);
   $patTemplate->addObject('row', $company);
   $patTemplate->parseTemplate('row', 'a');

}

For TBS, I'd have to store all values of person in $row[], same for company and then after the whole loop do $tbs->MergeBlock. That causes all data to be duplicated & code to be less clear ...

$persons = fetchAllPersons();
foreach ($persons as $person) {

   $company = fetchCompanyOfPerson($person->id);
  
   foreach (array_keys($persons) as $key) {
      $row[$key]=$person->$key;
   }
   foreach (array_keys($company) as $key) {
      $row[$key]=$company->$key;
   }

   $rows[] = $row;
   unset($row);
}

$tbs->MergeBlock('row', $rows);

am I missing something? This seems so cluttered.

Hi,

Yes TBS can do both of you problems easily.

1)
You can do this with conditional sections. They are magic. I use them often to have the same template showing different steps for the user process. Or to save error warning messages about an HTML form.
Have a look at the online Examples. "Conditional display" and "Enter data in a form" are small but give the idea of what can be done.

2)
MergeBlock() can deal with an array of objects (since TBS 3.0.6).

For the company, it is given when you know the person id. So the more simple is to use a ondata function:

is it me or is <option value="x">[var.blk_id;ope=html;select]</option> undocummented in themanual ? I don't see ope=html there, it's not in the list of ope's options...

"ope=html" is supported since you've installed the HTML plug-in.
It is part of the HTML plug-in feature.