Re: template engine...why???

As nasty as I find it, PHP can do it via the following: <table> <script language="php"> for( $i = 0; $i < $someArbitraryMax; $i++ ) { </script> <tr><td><script language="php"> echo $i; </script></td></tr> <script language="php"> } </script> </table>  Cheers, Rob. Seairth Jacobs wrote: > > I see all sorts of problems with this approach, the least of which is that > you are using your own language constructs. You are no longer using native > PHP. Rasmus, however, claims that it can all be done with PHP itself (if I > understand his statements correctly). So, how can the example table be done > entirely within PHP while keeping to the two constrains below? > > --- > Seairth Jacobs > seairth@seairth.com > > "Luis" <luis@fuegolabs.com> wrote in message > news:014001c30f3d$ca8a7880$2b00a8c0@fuegolabs.com... > > > > > > <table> > > {section loop=$foo name=i} > > <tr><td>{$foo[i]}</td></tr> > > {/section} > > </table> > > > > > > > > From: Seairth Jacobs [mailto:seairth@seairth.com] > > > > 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. > > > > > > "Rasmus Lerdorf" <rasmus@lerdorf.com> wrote in message > > news:Pine.WNT.4.53.0304300801440.728@DELL... > > > > > > 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. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- .---------------------------------------------. | Worlds of Carnage - http://www.wocmud.org | :---------------------------------------------: | Come visit a world of myth and legend where | | fantastical creatures come to life and the | | stuff of nightmares grasp for your soul. | `---------------------------------------------'