Re: Coding Style Question...

Hi Tony, Sounds like a good start. I have to admit that one that I prefer is that HTML code should be completely separated from PHP via the use of a templating engine of some sort (I'm a fan of XTemplate). I'll probably get strong opposition for these comments, but in my opinion, there's nothing worse than mixing two different lanuages in a single file, not to mention mixing functional code with layout code. Glenn. Tony Di Croce wrote: > I am relatively new to PHP... I have about 1.5 years of light PHP work > under > my belt... Over the past year or so my PHP coding style has evolved > significantly and I'm curious as to how experienced programmers write > PHP... > > Basically, here is what I have evolved to: > > 1) ALL php code is at the top of the file. > 2) ALL html code is in a here document at the bottom. > 3) php code is run before 1 character is outputed (and hence, no > headers are > sent, leaving redirects open for possibilities) > 4) I almost always following my require_once directives with a > session_start() at the top of the file. > 5) Often, my forms submit to the PHP page that generated them but do > so with > a hidden posted variable. If that variable is set, then I process the > form > submission. > > I think the most important part of all this is #1 & #2... I think I am > using > PHP a little like template engine this way... > > It seems to me that I most often see code snippets that try to intertwine > HTML and PHP, but in my experience, except for trivial examples, this > doesn't work so good... > > What do you think? >