In Drupal, we can determine the template files of the page which is going to be rendered. Add the following code in your template.php.
...
function <theme>_preprocess_page(&$vars) {
// Drupal 7
print_r($vars['theme_hook_suggestions']); exit();
// Drupal 6
print_r($vars['template_files']); exit();
}
...
Refresh the page in browser, you should get sth like
Array ( [0] => page-node [1] => page-node-184 )
The means Drupal will apply page-node-184.tpl.php for the rendering page, if it is not found, page-node.tpl.php will be used. So if you want to add a new template, just append new element to the $vars[‘template_files’].
The following example will add the page-<content-type>.tpl.php to the vars[‘template_files’].
...
function <theme>_preprocess_page(&$vars) {
// Add page template for different content types
if (isset($vars['node'])) {
// Drupal 7
$vars['theme_hook_suggestions'][] = 'page__'. $vars['node']->type;
// Drupal 6
$vars['template_files'][] = 'page-'. str_replace('_', '-', $vars['node']->type);
}
}
...
If you have 2 content types which are named as store and convenient_store, the corresponding page templates are
Drupal 7
- page--store.tpl.php
- page--convenient-store.tpl.php
Drupal 6
- page-store.tpl.php
- page-convenient-store.tpl.php
Done =)
Reference: Creating Custom Content Type Page Templates with Drupal & PHP
Update @ 2013-02-25: Add Drupal 7 implementation as stated in this comment.
Eureka! 
This doesn’t work for me (Drupal 7). This line outputs nothing:
print_r($vars[‘template_files’]);
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Hi Tronno,
The article only works for D6. For Drupal 7, use the following instead.
function <theme>_preprocess_page(&$vars, $hook) { if (isset($vars['node'])) { // If the node type is "blog_madness" the template suggestion will be "page--blog-madness.tpl.php". $vars['theme_hook_suggestions'][] = 'page__'. $vars['node']->type; } //print_r($vars['theme_hook_suggestions']); //exit(); }Reference: Drupal 7 Template Suggestions
Kit
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how to applay a php file in a php file
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not sure about what you mean.
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And remember to clear cache to make it work.
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Many thanks ykyuen, it worked! =)
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you are welcome =)
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this code does not work in drupal7 so please update .
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Please refer to this comment for D7.
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