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Include files using Text::Template and a closure

by crenz (Priest)
on Apr 26, 2005 at 21:40 UTC ( [id://451778]=CUFP: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

Text::Template is a nice and fast module if you need to create a few simple dynamic webpages. I recently used it for a project where I needed easy installation, and since Text::Template didn't require any other Perl modules than what is in the core, it came in very handy.

The documentation gives a simple example on how to include sub-templates. In my improved example, by using a closure, you can very comfortably inherit the parameters set for your current template in the templates you include.

I use this function to fill in templates:

sub _fill_in { my ($template, %params) = @_; $params{include} = sub { _fill_in(shift, %params, @_); return ''; }; my $template = Text::Template->new( SOURCE => catfile($templates_path, "$template.tmpl")); $template->fill_in(HASH => \%params, OUTPUT => \*STDOUT); }

Then, a template might look like this:

{include('_header', title => 'Page title')} <p>Some text...</P> {include('_footer')}

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