1 files changed, 16 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/include/template.php b/include/template.php
index 9b4b20fa6..f4096d98a 100644
--- a/include/template.php
+++ b/include/template.php
@@ -214,21 +214,23 @@ class Template {
    */
   function assign_var_from_handle($varname, $handle)
     {
-      if (!$this->loadfile($handle))
-      {
-        die("Template->assign_var_from_handle(): Couldn't load template file for handle $handle");
-      }
-
-      trigger_action('loc_before_tpl_assign_var_from_handle', $handle, array(&$this));
-      // Compile it, with the "no echo statements" option on.
-      $_str = "";
-      $code = $this->compile($this->uncompiled_code[$handle], true, '_str');
-
-      // evaluate the variable assignment.
-      eval($code);
-      // assign the value of the generated variable to the given varname.
-      $this->assign_var($varname, $_str);
+      trigger_action('loc_before_tpl_assign_var_from_handle', $varname, $handle, array(&$this));
+      $this->assign_var($varname, $this->parse($handle, true));
+      return true;
+    }
 
+  /**
+   * Concat the uncompiled code for $handle as the value of $varname in the
+   * root-level. This can be used to effectively include a template in the
+   * middle of another template.
+   *
+   * Note that all desired assignments to the variables in $handle should be
+   * done BEFORE calling this function.
+   */
+  function concat_var_from_handle($varname, $handle)
+    {
+      trigger_action('loc_before_tpl_concat_var_from_handle', $varname, $handle, array(&$this));
+      $this->concat_var($varname, $this->parse($handle, true));
       return true;
     }