[mapserver-users] RE: formatting in HTML templates

[Lime, Steve D (DNR)]

I don't think it's possible to pass the MapServer processed template back through a PHP interpreter. Easiest thing IMHO would
be to do this using javascript embedded in the template. I think it has pretty good date/time support.

<script>
  var aqTime = '[datetime column]';
  // convert to a date/time object and display.
</script>

Just an idea.

Steve

From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of David Hildebrand
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 1:41 PM
To: mapserver-users
Subject: [mapserver-users] formatting in HTML templates

This may be slightly off the MapServer topic but my problem is related to a MapServer implementation.

I am retrieving the date and time from the shapefile DBF of my layer in the following format (yymmddhhmmss).  The string represents the UTC time of satellite image acquisition.  I want to convert that to local time and express it as a normal date string (e.g.: July 8, 2009 10:45:25 AM).  I'm thinking I can do that with PHP code embedded in the template.  I know my server has PHP support but when I try to embed a simple 'Hello world' in the template it seems to be ignored.  Would it be better define a URL to the PHP code (in stead of a template) and then build the entire HTML page dynamically?

Thanks.

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