template_fetch_template hook $row parameter

Question

I'm considering writing an extension that greatly depends on hooks that are available before and during template parsing. I see in the ExpressionEngine hook documentation that there is a hook called 'template_fetch_template' and its parameter is an array of template data called $row. I can't tell from the documentation exactly what data is in that array. What are the array indexes and what kind of content do they possess?

Answer 1

This is array_keys($row):

Array
(
    [0] => template_id
    [1] => site_id
    [2] => group_id
    [3] => template_name
    [4] => save_template_file
    [5] => template_type
    [6] => template_data
    [7] => template_notes
    [8] => edit_date
    [9] => last_author_id
    [10] => cache
    [11] => refresh
    [12] => no_auth_bounce
    [13] => enable_http_auth
    [14] => allow_php
    [15] => php_parse_location
    [16] => hits
    [17] => group_name
)

template_data is probably the most interesting one. It contains the unparsed template code. Note that you cannot change the template code directly (because $row is a copy not a reference), but you can prepend to the $this->EE->config->_global_vars array with a key that consists of a substring from the template code (or indeed, the entire template code could be the key). As the globals array is replaced into the template later on this gives you a mechanism for manipulating the template code before it is parsed.