Load the title param into $page before you load $page->output into $layout

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

use Data::Dumper;
$Data::Dumper::Indent = 1;
$Data::Dumper::Sortkeys = 1;

use HTML::Template;

#
#  Load the layout and a stub page of "content"
#
my $layout = HTML::Template->new( filename => "layout.template" );

my $page   = HTML::Template->new( filename => "page.inc" );
$page->param( title => "STEVE"); # <-- new line

#
#  Insert the body into the layout template
#

$layout->param( page => $page->output() );

#
#  Now setup the title
#
$layout->param( title => "STEVE" );

print $layout->output();

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output: 
<html>
 <head>
  <title>STEVE</title>
 </head>
 <body>
 <h2>STEVE</h2>
<p>Imagine content here ..</p>

 </body>
</html>

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update:
Add a little more abstraction and feel even more pleased (possibly). :-) 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

use HTML::Template;

my $page_params = {
  title => "STEVE"
};

my $layout_params = {
  title => "STEVE",
  page => page($page_params),
};

my $layout = HTML::Template->new( filename => "layout.template" );
$layout->param($layout_params);
print $layout->output();


sub page {
  my ($args) = @_;
  my $page   = HTML::Template->new( filename => "page.inc" );
  $page->param($args);
  return $page->output;
}

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In reply to Re: Abstracting away layout details when using large HTML::Template-based sites? by wfsp
in thread Abstracting away layout details when using large HTML::Template-based sites? by skx

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