Re: working on a template system...

At 2:02 PM -0400 6/28/06, Robert Cummings wrote: >On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 13:55, Jon Anderson wrote: >> I really don't understand why people have such disregard for PHP as a >> template system... I'm not saying one way is better or worse (it's >> really a matter of preference), just that the PHP way isn't implicitly >> bad or messy... >> >> /* The Smarty way */ >> $smarty->assign('display_variable',$display_variable); >> ... >> {* template *} >> <dl> >> {foreach key=key item=var from=$display_variable} >> <dt>{$key}</dt><dd>{$var}</dd> >> {/foreach} >> </dl> >> >> /* The PHP way */ >> <dl> >> <?php foreach ($display_variable as $key => $var) { ?> >> <dt><?= $key?></dt><dd><?= $var ?></dd> >> <?php } /* end foreach ($display_variable) */ ?> >> </dl> >> >> Is it really *that* bad? > >YES! > >Simplistic examples don't properly illustrate the mess that occurs in >complex situations. > >Cheers, >Rob. >-- Not meaning to be contrary, but complex situations are supposed to be reduced to simplistic solutions. I don't see anything wrong with what was presented. tedd -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com