RE: [PHP] template engine...why???

I absolutely agree, that's exactly why I can't understand the motivation behind a dozen template systems for PHP when you can just use Smarty. Compiling templates to PHP is a must-have for any serious template engine. -----Original Message----- From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:rasmus@lerdorf.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 12:05 PM To: rush Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] template engine...why??? > For closing, I can also agree that one can view a php as an templateing > system in it self but I see it as a different kind, or operating on > different level, which does not necessary preclude usage or diminish value > of additional template systems that complement it. The only templating systems I can honestly say are complementary are the ones that pre-generate pages so there is absolutely no run-time hit from the templating system. Anything that parses template files and by whatever means does search and replace stuff at runtime is just inherently nasty if you care about performance at all. -Rasmus -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php