Function Reference / zestoi

This function selects data for display, optionally pre-rendering the entire result set and each individual result.

OVERVIEW

PHP	string zestoi(string $type, array $args)
PHP	string zestoi(string $type, string $args)

EXAMPLES

if you have a template called zestoi/templates/grid.tpl that uses smarty format to display a model's photo and name etc you can display a grid of models using the following code:

zestoi('webcams', 'template=grid.tpl');

This will use the default number of rows and columns you have specifid via the admin pages. The following example will display a 10x5 grid of online female (or female/female) models:

zestoi('webcams', 'rows=10&cols=5&status=!offline&gender=female|female/female&template=grid.tpl');

The first argument to zestoi() is the type of data to be displayed (webcams, article, feed) and the second is the query specifying the data to be displayed. It resembles a normal web page query, with each item in the query separated by a '&' character and the key/values separated by an equal sign '='.

The formats possible for the individual values are:

a single item	name=john
one of multiple items	name=john\|suzie\|anna
not an item	name=!john
not in the list	name=!john\|suzie\|anna
the number is less than	age=..30
the number is greater than	age=30..
the number is between (or equal to)	age=18..30

After calling zestoi the following values are available via val or vals:

matches	the number of successfull matches
page_matches	number of matches in the current page
page	current paginated page offset
per_page	the number of items on each page (max)

SMARTY

There is no single function for use in Smarty. Instead you use one of these functions for the type of data you require:

{article}

{feed}

{videos}

{webcams}