A Complete Guide to Tokens and Conditional Logic in DirectAdmin Templates and Skins

1. Available Tokens in DirectAdmin Templates and Skins

When working with DirectAdmin templates, skins, or any file that uses token-based rendering, you may need to know which tokens are currently available. Some tokens are always present, while others depend on context or configuration.

DirectAdmin provides a special “magic” token for debugging:

|DUMPTOKENS|

When DirectAdmin processes a template containing this token, it outputs a complete list of all available tokens in the format:

token=value

This is extremely useful for discovering what variables you can work with.

Important: Adding |DUMPTOKENS| to configuration templates (e.g., httpd.conf) will break them. Use it only for testing and remove it immediately afterward.

For skins, plugins, or any HTML output, a common usage is:

<pre>|DUMPTOKENS|</pre>

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2. Using Logical AND (&&) and OR (||) in Templates

DirectAdmin’s template engine is simple and does not support native logical operators. However, you can emulate AND and OR logic using nested conditions and temporary variables.

2.1 Implementing AND (&&)

Standard code:

if (A == "1" && B == "1") {
    //something
}

DirectAdmin template equivalent:

|?TRUE=1|
|*if A!="1"|
|?TRUE=0|
|*endif|
|*if B!="1"|
|?TRUE=0|
|*endif|
|*if TRUE="1"|
    //something
|*endif|

This produces the same logical behavior as A && B.

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2.2 Implementing OR (||)

Standard code:

if (A == "1" || B == "1") {
    //something
}

DirectAdmin template equivalent:

|?TRUE=0|
|*if A="1"|
|?TRUE=1|
|*endif|
|*if B="1"|
|?TRUE=1|
|*endif|
|*if TRUE="1"|
    //something
|*endif|

This replicates A || B.

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3. Implementing if – elseif – else Logic

Standard code:

if (A == "1") {
    //something1
}
elseif (A == "2") {
    //something2
}
else {
    //else something
}

DirectAdmin template equivalent:

|?HAVE_SOMETHING=no|

|*if A="1"|
|?HAVE_SOMETHING=yes|
//something1
|*endif|

|*if A="2"|
|?HAVE_SOMETHING=yes|
//something2
|*endif|

|*if HAVE_SOMETHING=no|
//else something
|*endif|

Note: Initializing variables and using ! correctly in comparisons is essential for accurate logic.

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4. Best Practices When Working with Templates

• Use |DUMPTOKENS| only for debugging and remove it afterward.
• DirectAdmin’s template logic is simple, but with careful structuring you can build complex conditions.
• If your template supports embedded scripting (PHP/Perl), logic becomes much easier.