Snippets¶

Snippets are small bits of reusable template or tag parts. You could create a Snippet for any number of purposes, anywhere that you need to reuse a small portion of a template, including partial or complete tags, other variables, etc. Snippets add flexibility and reusability, while making it simple to make site-wide changes by editing the Snippet’s source instead of having to modify many templates.

One idea would be to hold a particular date format string that you wish to reuse over and over. By making it a Snippet you can change it in one place and immediately see the effects everywhere that you’ve used it. For example, you could create a Snippet named my_date_formatting with a value of format=”%m-%d-%Y” and use it in any date variable thusly:

{entry_date {my_date_formatting}}

It will be instantly expanded before your template is parsed, just as if you had put the expanded text into the template itself:

{entry_date format="%m-%d-%Y"}

You can create and edit Snippets at Design ‣ Templates ‣ Snippets.

{ellislab_date_formatting}

{codeigniter_date_formatting}

{global_date_formatting}