Re: template engine...why???

Can you tell me how you handle something like generating an arbitrary number of <tr>s in a table while: 1) Not using a runtime templating approach, and 2) Still allowing the <table> and <tr> presentations to be altered (say, switching to use of <divs>) without giving access to the underlying logic. --- Seairth Jacobs seairth@seairth.com "Rasmus Lerdorf" <rasmus@lerdorf.com> wrote in message news:Pine.WNT.4.53.0304300801440.728@DELL... > > 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