[htmltmpl] Templates with template loops within templates

[Eric Frazier]

Hi,
Great subject line huh? :)
Ok we have a template.
Inside that template we load in from a database a template with its own 
vars which makes use of a template loop.
In that second template we have a var called URL_BASE which is the base 
path. It works inside the second template, except for within the template 
loop output.

So imagine we already have template object: $template (it by the way has a 
var called URL_BASE also that I thought would be passed down to this inside 
template as well)

my $shipping_temp = 
$config->getShipping_temp($self->param('DEFAULT_PRODUCT')); ## returns 
array ref
my $ship_list_hash = $config->getShipping_list($instance,$dom_int);

$template->param(SHIPPING => '1'); ## part of the top level template
my $shipref = \$shipping_temp->[0];
my $ship_html = HTML::Template->new( scalarref => $shipref,
                                       die_on_bad_params =>0);
my @loop_values = ();
my $num_options = keys(%$ship_list_hash);
        foreach my $key( keys(%$ship_list_hash) ){
          my %inside_hash = ('S_ICON'      => 
$ship_list_hash->{$key}{'courier_icon_url'},
               'S_COURIER'   => $ship_list_hash->{$key}{'courier_name'},
                'S_METHOD'    => $ship_list_hash->{$key}{'courier_method'} ,
                'S_METHOD_ID' => $ship_list_hash->{$key}{'ship_method_id'},
                'S_COST'      => 
$ship_list_hash->{$key}{'shipping_cost'} 

                   );
          if ($shipping_temp->[1] eq 
$ship_list_hash->{$key}{'ship_method_id'}){
                $inside_hash{'DEFAULT'} = 'Checked';
          }

          if ($num_options < 2){
                $inside_hash{'DEFAULT'} = 'Checked';
          }
          push(@loop_values,\%inside_hash);
}
        $ship_html->param(URL_BASE      => $self->param('URL_BASE'));   ## 
the problem var
        $ship_html->param(SHIP_LOOP => [EMAIL PROTECTED]);

        my $tmpout = $ship_html->output();

Below is the raw HTML output produced, notice the spacer.gif has a full url 
where the ups_2D.gif which comes from the loop does not.

I was a little confused to start off with because I thought the presence of 
the URL_BASE in the second template would be parsed as a result of being 
set in the original top level template. So not only does that not seem to 
be happening, but also when setting the var again in the second template it 
is not working inside the template loop. So my first question, is this the 
way HTML::Template should be working? I didn't expect this problem. The 
next question of course is how can I get this var to be parsed inside the 
loop?

Using the current versions of both HTML::Template and CGI::Application
Please let me know if this is enough info or too much, I wanted to give as 
much detail as I could because I found it hard to explain what I am doing 
with just words.

Thanks,
Eric
<!--Start of Shipping type Section 
-->
  <TABLE  WIDTH=700 class="bord" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 
align="center">
          <TR> 

                <TD class="bord" align="center"><span 
class="title">Shipping Method</span></TD>
          </TR> 

          <TR> 

                <TD> 

                        <!--second color 
table-->
                        <TABLE  WIDTH=700 class="main" BORDER=0 
CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=0 align="center">
                                <TR> 

                                  <TD class="main" 
align="center">
                                  <!--pieces 
table-->
                            <TABLE WIDTH=95% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 
CELLSPACING=0 align="center">
                    <tr> 

                                  <td><IMG 
SRC="https://www.host.com/htmltemp_consol/images/spacer.gif"; WIDTH=10 
HEIGHT=5></TD>
                              </tr> 

                    <tr>
                      <td>
                        <table align="center">
                          <tr>

                <label 
for="ship4"> 

                <TD width=15 align="right"><input type=radio id="ship4" 
name="ship_option" value="4" Checked></TD>
                <TD width=65 class="boxfields" align="center" valign="top">
                <img src="images/shipping/ups_2D.gif" alt="LEM Domestic 
"><br><b>$10.00</b></TD>
                </label>

                    </tr>
                  </table>
                </td>
              </tr> 

                        <tr> 

                                <td><IMG 
SRC="https://www.host.com/htmltemp_consol/images/spacer.gif"; WIDTH=10 
HEIGHT=5></TD>
                              </tr> 

                      </table> 

                      <!--end of pieces 
table-->
              </td> 

              </tr> 

                </table> 

                <!--end of second color 
table-->
                </TD> 

          </TR> 

        </table> 

  <!--end of Shipping type Section-->



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