PHP: How {{string}} into a php code

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How do you turn a piece of {{string}} into a php code, for instance,

{{secure_base_url}}

to

echo secure_base_url;

I see this kind of method is used a lot in Magento. I wonder how do you do it if you are writing your own programme. Do I need some kind of plugin to turn that kind of {{string}}s to codes?

I don't know Magento, but that's a template engine. Search google for that. [Smarty](http://www.smarty.net/about_smarty) (`How does it work?` section) does almost the same thing: It's parsing it's code and replacing it with php code. — machineaddict, Aug 17 '13 at 08:04

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 17 '13 at 08:04

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You write a parser to recognize the codes and transform them into actions.

But asking how to write a parser is way beyond the scope of stackoverflow.

answered Aug 17 '13 at 08:04

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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That is the templating variables Magento uses in email templates, invoices, etc. You can assign variables to Magento that you can later retieve in an email by using the double curly brackets syntax.

Custom variables in Magento

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The same style of syntax is used in Twigg, smarty, and many other templating engines.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Aug 18 '13 at 07:56

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