Template files mandatory?

[Stikki]

Hello people!

I was trying to look way where i don't need to include .php file for each template, is this really mandatory? As in most cases prepend and append files are enough, templates folder gets full of stub files with <?php in em and nothing else, any cool work around to this?

Cheers

[LostKobrakai]

Just use the alternative template file setting for templates to let them all use the same file.

[Stikki]

So that's no i guess

Thanks for the answer tho.

[LostKobrakai]

At least it's only a single file instead of lots of them.

[Stikki]

That is true. Tried to override TemplateFile::___renderI(), but any change seems to cause 404.

[LostKobrakai]

Without template file there's no way to check if a template is (should be) renderable or not. 

[Soma]

If you have no template file you won't see a "view" button. Rendering a page without a template results in 404. You need it.