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 {{AddOnBanner|name=PHP Webtags|type=Web templates, PHP|author=Ray Beriau|contact='gemini06720' via forum|updated=26 Jan 2010|version=1.11}}
-Cumulus automatically prepares a number of webpages by using HTML template files.  These files contain [[webtags]] which Cumulus replaces with actual values from your weather station.
+Cumulus automatically prepares a number of Web pages by using HTML template files.  These files contain [[webtags]] which Cumulus replaces with actual values from your weather station.
-For those using PHP on their website it is possible to have Cumulus process one single file and place all the [[webtags]] values in a file of PHP variables.  You can include this file in all your PHP webfiles and use the variables as you would any other in PHP.
+For those using PHP on their website it is possible to have Cumulus process one single file and place all the [[webtags]] values into a file of PHP variables.  You can include this file in all your PHP webfiles and use the variables as you would in PHP.
 The PHP file contains all current [[webtags]] produced by Cumulus.
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 =Usage=
-Use the PHP [http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_includes.asp include / require] command to refer to the Cumulus webtags in php.
+Use the PHP [http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_includes.asp include/require] command to include the Cumulus webtags into your PHP file.
-All PHP variable names are identical to their webtag names.  Example: the Cumulus webtag <tt><#forecast></tt> is referred to in your php as <tt>$forecast</tt>
+All PHP variable names are identical to their [[webtags]] equivalent. For example, the Cumulus webtag <tt><#forecast></tt> would be referred to as <tt>$forecast</tt> in your PHP file.
 =Example=
-A simple PHP file
+A simple PHP file:
 <pre>
 <?php
-require_once("cumuluswebtags.php");
+ require_once("cumuluswebtags.php");
-echo $time ;
+ echo $time;
-echo "<br/>";
+ echo "<br/>";
-Echo "The current forecast is " . $forecast;
+ Echo "The current forecast is " . $forecast;
 ?>
 </pre>
-Result:
+The results:
-<pre>20:31 on 02 September 2009
+<pre>
-The current forecast is Precipitation, very unsettled</pre>
+:31 on 02 September 2009
+The current forecast is Precipitation, very unsettled
+</pre>
 =Debugging=
-If you wish to view all the values contained with the cumulswebtags.php file append the parameter <tt>?source=view</tt> to the end of the URL.
+If you wish to view all the values contained within the '''cumulswebtags.php''' file, append the parameter <tt>?source=view</tt> to the end of the URL.
 Example
   www.myweathersite.com/cumuluswebtags.php?source=view
-This will list all the variable names, their values as set by Cumulus during it's processing, and a brief description of each webtag
+This will display the source code of the file, listing all the variable names, the values Cumulus has assigned to the webtags during it's processing cycle, and a brief description of the variables/webtags.
 [[Category:AddOns]]