NAME

       Tenjin::Util - Utility methods for Tenjin.

SYNOPSIS

               # in your templates:

               # encode a URL
               [== encode_url('http://www.google.com/search?q=tenjin&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t') =]
               # returns http%3A//www.google.com/search%3Fq%3Dtenjin%26ie%3Dutf-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26aq%3Dt

               # escape a string of lines of HTML code
               <?pl    my $string = '<h1>You & Me</h1>\n<h2>Me & You</h2>'; ?>
               [== text2html($string) =]
               # returns &lt;h1&gt;You &amp; Me&lt;/h1&gt;<br />\n&lt;h2&gt;Me &amp; You&lt;/h2&gt;

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides a few utility functions which can be used in your templates for your
       convenience. These include functions to (un)escape and (en/de)code URLs.

METHODS

   expand_tabs( $str, [$tabwidth] )
       Receives a string that might contain tabs in it, and replaces those tabs with spaces, each
       tab with the number of spaces defined by $tabwidth, or, if $tabwidth was not passed, with
       8 spaces.

   escape_xml( $str )
       Receives a string of XML (or (x)HTML) code and converts the characters <>&\' to HTML
       entities. This is the method that is invoked when you use [= $expression =] in your
       templates.

   unescape_xml( $str )
       Receives a string of escaped XML (or (x)HTML) code (for example, a string that was escaped
       with the escape_xml() function, and 'unescapes' all HTML entities back to their actual
       characters.

   encode_url( $url )
       Receives a URL and encodes it by escaping 'non-standard' characters.

   decode_url( $url )
       Does the opposite of encode_url().

   checked( $val )
       Receives a value of some sort, and if it is a true value, returns the string '
       checked="checked"' which can be appended to HTML checkboxes.

   selected( $val )
       Receives a value of some sort, and if it is a true value, returns the string '
       selected="selected"' which can be used in an option in an HTML select box.

   disabled( $val )
       Receives a value of some sort, and if it is a true value, returns the string '
       disabled="disabled"' which can be used in an HTML input.

   nl2br( $text )
       Receives a string of text containing lines delimited by newline characters (\n, or
       possibly \r\n) and appends an HTML line break (<br />) to every line (the newline
       character is left untouched).

   text2html( $text )
       Receives a string of text containing lines delimited by newline characters, and possibly
       some XML (or (x)HTML) code, escapes that code with escape_xml() and then appends an HTML
       line break to every line with nl2br().

   tagattr( $name, $expr, [$value] )
   tagattrs( %attrs )
   new_cycle( @items )
       Creates a subroutine reference that can be used for cycling through the items of the
       @items array. So, for example, you can:

               my $cycle = new_cycle(qw/red green blue/);
               print $cycle->(); # prints 'red'
               print $cycle->(); # prints 'green'
               print $cycle->(); # prints 'blue'
               print $cycle->(); # prints 'red' again

INTERNAL(?) METHODS

   _p( $expression )
       Wraps a Perl expression in a customized wrapper which will be processed by the Tenjin
       preprocessor and replaced with the standard [== $expression =].

   _P( $expression )
       Wrap a Perl expression in a customized wrapper which will be processed by the Tenjin
       preprocessor and replaced with the standard [= $expression =], which means the expression
       will be escaped.

   _decode_params( $s )

SEE ALSO

       Tenjin, Tenjin::Template, Tenjin::Context.

AUTHOR, LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

       See Tenjin.