Snippets

Before we move on with stuff you can add to your templates I want to talk about snippets first. Snippets are little pieces of html, which you can re-use in any template. Snippets help you keeping your templates organized. They are located in site/snippets. You can add as many as you want/need.

Embedding snippets in your templates

Embedding them in your templates is something your grandma could do.
If your snippet file is called mysnippet.php simply embed it in your templates like this:

<?php snippet('mysnippet') ?>

You can even embed snippets inside of snippets. How cool is that?

You will find a bunch of demo snippets inside site/snippets, which you can use for your own templates. I plan to have a shared snippet repository later, where everybody can take part and upload their own snippets.

Passing variables to snippets

Sometimes you might need to pass some variables from your template to a snippet or from a snippet to a deeper embedded snippet. No big deal! In your template you pass variables to your snippets like this:

<?php



$myvar = 'My Super Awesome Var';



snippet('mysnippet', array('myvar' => $myvar));



?>

…and in mysnippet.php you can access them like this:

<?php



echo $myvar;

// should echo: 'My Super Awesome Var'  



?>