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I created my own template for record-view.

There I want to ad a selectlist where data from $record->val('user_id') will be 'exploded' in diffrent options e.g:


{php}
$pieces = explode(", ", $record->val('owner_id'));
foreach ($pieces as $v) {
echo "$v";
$i++;}
{/php}


In the field owner_id will be a csv list of several id's e.g.: "5, 7, 21". These would be the owners (if there are more) from severals 'products' in this database. Next to this selectlist would be located a button to add information in a related database with the selected item of this selectlist and a different value from an inputbox.

Is there a proper way to do this in DF or else, is there a way to re-use the $record->val('user_id') value since between the {php} tags it wont be recognized anymore. I couldn't find a way to pass variables between what's inside and outside the {php} tags. (this seemed to me a smarty-related question but I couldn't find helpful information in the smarty documentation)

I know I can do (almost) the same with relations but making a diffrent table just for 1 field and linking everything together seems for me to much for what I need.

OK, thanks to this howto I found the solition:
http://framework.weblite.ca/Members/dwe/customize%20a%20dataface%20application%20-%20I%20-%20single%20record%20view/?searchterm=df_display
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{assign var="owner_id" value=$book->val('owner_id')}
{php}
echo $this->_tpl_vars[owner_id];
$pieces = explode(", ", $this->_tpl_vars[owner_id]);
foreach ($pieces as $v) {
echo "$v";
$i++;}
{/php}

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This is still working around and not with the DF (& smarty) API but I think I can build my application by using this.