Simple method to set a value for 'supply'

[adrian-e]

Not sure if I have missed it in the documentation, but I couldn't find a simple method to provide a one line value from one template to another.
For example:
main template:

<title><?php echo $this->supply('title', 'My default title') ?></title>

secondary template:

<?php $this->layout('main') ?>
<?php $this->section('title') ?>My real title for this template<?php $this->stop() ?>

I think there should be a simple one line method to send a value to a supply. I would suggest doing something like this:

• Change supply to expect for the place where you want to receive a value
• Use supply to provide a value in one line

With this changes the templates would be:
main template:

<title><?php echo $this->expect('title', 'My default title') ?></title>

secondary template:

<?php $this->layout('main') ?>
<?php $this->supply('title', 'My real title for this template' ?>

I understand this could break backwards compatibility but I think moving forward might be a better naming for both methods.

Regards,

Adrian

[gmazzap]

Hi Adrian,

thanks for your interst and for your suggestion.

First of all, you are probably right about supply not being a good name.

Problem is that I wanted to port the Lavarel Blade yield feature.

Problem is that yield can't be used because is a PHP reserved keyword, so I opted for supply, you know, I am not a native English speaker and probably that was not a good synonymous...

However, changing name of templates method is something I really want to avoid.

If someone had already used Foil (I swear I had), a change like this means change any template ever wrote in any project.

Considering that one may have quite a lot templates (and layouts, and partials...) on every project, upgrading to the version introduce this change in all projects would mean change hundreds of template files, and in each file possibly multiple instances of supply... Sorry, but no.

Moreover, layout and templates should not work like that.

A layout is intended to be... a layout, i.e. defines sections of the page to be filled.

A line of text is more a variable than a section. So it's best served via render() method, or (that's possibly the solution you're looking for) via layout data:

In layout

<title><?= $this->v('title', 'My Default Title') ?></title>

In template

<?php $this->layout('main', ['title' => 'My Custom Title']) ?>

[adrian-e]

You are completely right ! I will use variables as you suggest.