Re: Cookie problem

Hi there. I checked out that class,and I have a question: I use FastTemplate, which means that there are no "echo" or "prints" in any of my code, except for error checking. The entire page is printed when you call something like $tpl->FastPrint(); at the end of the script. This form class, as well as others I see, returns it's output by printing to the screen, not by returning values that the person using the class would do something with. If I were to use this class, I'd need to turn collect all the "echos" into a string, and return the string, and eliminate the echos. However, if the class were written that way to begin with, a person who wasn't using FastTemplate could still get print the returned data after they gt it back from the funtion. Anyways, my point is that becuase so many people use templates to separate HTML from PHP and clean up their code, it's seems to me that people writing classes for general consumption should never issue print statements from within their classes; they should instead only return values, which the person using the class could then either print or plug into a template. this is just my .02, and it's a pretty broad statement, so I would welcome someone showing me why the above is unreasonable, or none of my business. It's just that template use seems prety common, and classes like this aren't really compatible with that kind of coding practice. Don Undeen dundee@gator.net "Boget, Chris" wrote: > > I'm making a huge form that people access and fill out. The > > thing is that I am having to check every field to make sure > > they are entering the correct information spanning 4 pages. > > So I thought I would use cookies instead of having to pass a > > ton of hiddens throughout the program. > > Check out Jay Bloodworth's FormClass. It does a *really* good > job at form validation. It is THE class if your are using forms. > You can get it the PX at: > > http://px.sklar.com/code.html?code_id=34 > > I cannot speak highly enough of it. > > Chris > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net