What is templates :) ?
 

I`m trying to use predefined templates($template) in new templates, and I can`t figure out how to do it (it won`t work). I`ve read through most of php.net and that is not hard to understand bit by bit, but I can`t put it together. What I really don`t understand I think, is what is the relation between templates and the .php files?

Thanks,
Haakon

php files are the code, templates are just the design, and are plain html, they just can show $variables.

templates are always called by php scripts, a template cannot call another template

Yes. As Xenon said. A template holds HTML. Only other way it can hold anything that is similar to PHP is if you download logician's conditions hack.

If you mean you want the content of another template inside a different template make sure its assigned to a variable, eg $temp1 and the use that variable inside your other template. Make sure you use eval(); on the templates so that the variables are parsed (if your using vB this is done already for existing templates).

Thanks for the help here.

I`ve started reading a advanced php book and I have thought of doing it the way you`re suggesting NTLDR. The thing that bothers me that the specific template forumrules is allready assigned to the variable $forumrules and used in the showthread template. But it doesn`t work to use $forumrules in new_template, and I can`t find the code for forumrules assigned to the $forumrules variable in any of the php files.

Anyways, I think I`ll just assign the forumrules code to a new variable as you said, and then it should probably work ;)

One thing though, where is the physical location of the templates? in the database?

Thanks,
Haakon

templates are stored in the database yes :)