# Asterisk Project : Using Templates

Added by malcolmd , edited by lmadsen on Apr 28, 2011

To use a template when creating another section, simply put the template name in parentheses after the section heading name, as shown in the example below. If you want to inherit from multiple templates, use commas to separate the template names).

    [template-name](!)
    setting=value

    [template-2](!)
    setting2=value2

    [section-name](template-name,template-2)
    setting3=value3

The newly-created section will inherit all the values and objects defined in the template(s), as well as any new settings or objects defined in the newly-created section. The settings and objects defined in the newly-created section override settings or objects of the same name from the templates. Consider this example:

    [test-one](!)
    permit=192.168.0.2
    host=alpha.example.com
    deny=192.168.0.1

    [test-two](!)
    permit=192.168.1.2
    host=bravo.example.com
    deny=192.168.1.1

    [test-three](test-one,test-two)
    permit=192.168.3.1
    host=charlie.example.com

The [test-three] section will be processed as though it had been written in the following way:

    [test-three]
    permit=192.168.0.2
    host=alpha.example.com
    deny=192.168.0.1
    permit=192.168.1.2
    host=bravo.example.com
    deny=192.168.1.1
    permit=192.168.3.1
    host=charlie.example.com