Again for Movable Type Manual
NAME
Again for MT - enables a generic means of performing a recursive loop on some template markup
SYNOPSIS
<mt:again limit="5">
<a href="<$mt:archivelink$>"><$mt:archivetitle$></a><br />
<mt:archiveprevious>
<$mt:againhere$>
</mt:archiveprevious>
</mt:again>
DESCRIPTION
Again for MT - enables a generic means of performing a recursive loop on some template markup.
Wikipedia defines recursion in mathematics and computer science as "a method of defining functions in which the function being defined is applied within its own definition." The entry continues "For instance, when the surfaces of two mirrors are almost parallel with each other the nested images that occur are a form of recursion."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion
This MT4 plugin is based on an MT3 plugin originally developed by LummoxJR.
One such use of recursion in MT templates is calling a functional block
tag like
TAGS
mt:again [limit="5"]
A container tag that defines the block to repeat when recursing. Take one optional argument that defines the maximum depth (number of loops) of the recursion process. The default limit is 50. In order to avoid a potential server crashing infinite loop from potentially occurring the maximum limit supported is 50. Setting a limit higher then 50 will be ignored.
mt:againhere
A variable tag representing the point at which the recursion loop takes place again.
mt:againstop [any="1"]
This block tag is an alternative to
The tag takes an option any argument will make the contents appear at
the deepest point reached by recursion -- regardless if the limit could be
reached. An example would be using
SUPPORT
Support issues should be directed to the Movable Type Community Forums at http://community.movabletype.org/.
AUTHOR
Timothy Appnel
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This MT4 plugin is based on an MT3 plugin originally developed by LummoxJR.
The software is released under the Artistic License. The terms of the Artistic License are described at http://www.perl.com/language/misc/Artistic.html. Except where otherwise noted, Again for MT is Copyright 2008, Timothy Appnel, The Appnel Group, http://appnel.com/. All rights reserved.
