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Hi guys,

I am using the template controls to loop through a channel as follows:

<ul>
{exp:channel:entries category_group="1" orderby="date" limit="15" }
  <li>{title} {channel_name}</li>
{/exp:channel:entries}
</ul>

Within this template loop I would like to use PHP to alter one of the variables with an explode, extracting part of the data.
I understand that PHP executes first, then the template code.. so how would you suggest I manipulate channel data?

Thanks

In template preferences for that template set PHP to run on output.

I’ve done that, but how can PHP modify a expression engine var.. Its out of execution order as far as i understand..

By setting it to output you are changing when the PHP gets evaluated in the template. For instance:

<ul>
{exp:channel:entries category_group=“1” orderby=“date”  limit=“15” }
  <li>{title} {channel_name} 
    <?php 
      $keywords = explode(', ', '{keywords}');
      ... do something with the keywords array ...
      echo implode(', ', $keywords);
    ?>
  </li>
{/exp:channel:entries}
</ul>