Re: Best Template Engine

On 13 Sep 2002 at 11:26, Dennis Gearon wrote: > I need to make BLOG of my own, out of pieces. MOst of the BLOGS out > there are not modular in regards to their permission, authorization > system. Too bad, every piece of software should have as many modules and > public interfaces as it has functions, like unix does. That way, a > better piece of software can be used. > > Anyway, I need to know what everybody who is using a template engine > thinks of them, especially those that have tried more than one. -- Hi, In Perl I used HTML::Template (been sort of ported to PHP) and Template::Toolkit which I always use now. I'm new to PHP since this year. I was shocked by what people thought were template systems. Horrific imho. I used http://htmltmpl.sourceforge.net/php.html but then I found smarty http://smarty.php.net/ I use it with an XML feed from Amazon in these pages: http://www.readbrazil.com/books/amazon.php?mode=books I'm using it in some other current projects and it provides the loops within loops that are a necessity. I have not found better in the PHP world although people have mentioned others. I like that I always know where to go when I need to look at the API: smarty.php.net Peter