From bcd6694039a8790fd594ab1a2829ee7632beef74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: a Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 14:05:46 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update src/docs/markdown/extending-caddy/placeholders.md Co-authored-by: Matt Holt --- src/docs/markdown/extending-caddy/placeholders.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/docs/markdown/extending-caddy/placeholders.md b/src/docs/markdown/extending-caddy/placeholders.md index 1aa8b64..001e2de 100644 --- a/src/docs/markdown/extending-caddy/placeholders.md +++ b/src/docs/markdown/extending-caddy/placeholders.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ If you are not yet familiar with placeholders, start by reading [here](/docs/con ## Placeholder Internals -Internally, placeholders are simply a string in format `{foo.bar}` used as valid configuration values, which is later parsed at runtime. +Placeholders are a string in the format `{foo.bar}` used as dynamic configuration values, which is later evaluated at runtime. Placeholders-like strings which start with a dollar sign (`{$FOO}`), are evaulated at Caddyfile parse time, and do not need to be dealt with by your plugin. This is because these are not placeholders, but Caddyfile-specific [environmental variable substitution](/docs/caddyfile/concepts#environment-variables), they just happen to share the `{}` syntax.