Re: Ouput HTML w/PHP

On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 08:50 -0400, Rick Emery wrote: > And now for something completely different... > > I have a question that has been nagging at me. I've searched the > archives, FAQs, and web sites, but haven't found an answer. > > I have two ways that I've output HTML with PHP; one is to write the > HTML, using the PHP tags to execute code when necessary. The other is > to store the entire HTML output file in a string variable with > concatenation and call the print (or echo) function at the bottom to > output the page. > > Are there advantages one way or the other? > > This leads (sort of) to a second question: how can I validate my HTML? > My applications run on an intranet (with database access), so I can't > use the W3C Validator to point to the URL. If I try to upload the file, > the validator doesn't parse the PHP to get the HTML output (which is > why I wonder if I'm not better writing the HTML and sticking PHP where > it's needed). Is there a way for me to maybe use the PHP tidy functions > on the string containing the HTML ouput to validate it? > > Thanks in advance, > Rick > -- > Rick Emery > > "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth > with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there > you will always long to return" > -- Leonardo Da Vinci > What I usually do is to use smarty. There is a lite version that does just fine, and has a very small memory print. Usually, my last lines of code are something like: ... $RenderResult = $Template->fetch('template.tpl'); /* Do something if I need to */ echo $RenderResult; ?>