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Is it possible to append a session id to all generated links?

Yes, and it's quite easy to do too. You just have to add the following line of code to your index.php file:


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This will automatically append &PHPSESSID=SessionIdPlaceHere to all internal URLS, as long as you use [RANDY_SELF] for references to Randy in your templates. To create the session ID, just place these two lines in your index.php:

How do I see what XML code an extension generates?

If you are using extensions in your site, you'll want to know which XML tags are returned by the extension so you can design templates for the tags. This is quite easy, just use the following tags:

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<page>

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<randy:setOption option="transform">off</randy:setOption>

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<string:htmlspecialchars>

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<dbc:query connection="foo">SELECT * FROM patRandyExample ORDER BY foo DESC</dbc:query>

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</string:htmlspecialchars>

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<randy:setOption option="transform">on</randy:setOption>

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</page>

This will only parse but not transform the extension tag and makes to visible to your browser by using htmlspecialchars(). In the above example you would get XML code consisting of <result>, <row> and <field> tags.

Where can I learn more?

There is a two-part tutorial by Vikram Vaswani available:

Injecting XML Content Into Page Templates With patXMLRenderer (part 1) on melonfire.com (recommended!)

Injecting XML Content Into Page Templates With patXMLRenderer (part 2) on melonfire.com (recommended!)