Re: Couple of beginner questions

On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 19:43 +0000, Nathan Rixham wrote: > Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 11:51 -0500, Frank Stanovcak wrote: > >> "Ashley Sheridan" <> wrote in message > >> news:1231681793.3527.2.camel@localhost.localdomain... > >>> On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 08:08 -0500, tedd wrote: > >>>> At 4:16 PM -0500 1/10/09, Paul M Foster wrote: > >>>>> And let me present an alternative perspective. Never do something like: > >>>>> > >>>>> <?php echo 'Hellow world'; ?> > >>>>> > >>>>> Let Apache (or whatever) interpret HTML as HTML, and don't make it > >>>>> interpret PHP code as HTML. > >>>>> > >>>>> Instead, do: > >>>>> > >>>>> <h1>Hello world</h1> > >>>>> > >>>>> If you're going to use PHP in the middle of a bunch of HTML, then > >>>>> only > >>>>> use it where it's needed: > >>>>> > >>>>> <h1>Hello <?php echo $name; ?></h1> > >>>>> > >>>>> The contents of the PHP $name variable can't be seen by the HTML, > >>>>> which > >>>>> is why you need to enclose it in a little PHP "island". > >>>>> Naturally, if > >>>>> you're going to put PHP code in the middle of a HTML page, make the > >>>>> extension PHP. Otherwise, Apache will not interpret the PHP code as PHP > >>>>> (unless you do some messing with .htaccess or whatever). It's just > >>>>> simplest to call a file something.php if it has PHP in it. > >>>>> > >>>>> Paul > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Paul M. Foster > >>>> Paul: > >>>> > >>>> I agree with you. My example was not well thought out. My point was > >>>> not to mix style elements with data. I should have said: > >>>> > >>>> I would consider the following"bad practice": > >>>> > >>>> <?php echo("<h1>$whatever</h1>"); ?> > >>>> > >>>> Whereas, the following I would consider "good practice". > >>>> > >>>> <h1><?php echo("$whatever"); ?></h1> > >>>> > >>>> Thanks for keeping me honest. > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> > >>>> tedd > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> ------- > >>>> http://sperling.com 9«n›jdg„‘® > >>>> ¨h9Èhttp://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com > >>>> > >>> Unless it's something like this: > >>> > >>> <?php > >>> echo "<h1 class=\"$headerClass\">$whatever</h1>"; > >>> ?> > >>> > >>> Which is unlikely for a header tag, but I know this sort of format gets > >>> used a lot by me and others, especially for setting alternate row styles > >>> on tables (damn browsers and not supporting alternate rows!) > >>> > >>> > >>> Ash > >>> www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > >>> > >> Hey Ash...Why don't you just use CSS subclassing? > >> > >> <style type="text/css"> > >> h1.odd {class stuff here} > >> h1.even {class stuff here} > >> </style> > >> > >> then > >> > >> <h1 class="odd"><?php echo $whatever; ?></h1> > >> > >> no escaping, and no need to php your css styles. :) > >> > >> Frank > >> > >> > >> > > That's what I do do, but the 'odd' has to come from PHP, as > > unfortunately, numerical selectors in CSS aren't supported by (AFAIK) > > any browsers at the moment. So for example, if I was coding for > > alternate rows in a table, I might do: > > > > > > for($i=0; $i<$some_limit; $i++) > > { > > $rowClass = ($i % 2 == 0)?'':'class="alternate"'; > > print <<<EOP > > <tr $rowClass> > > <td>...</td> > > <td>...</td> > > <td>...</td> > > </tr> > > EOP; > > } > > > > As far as such loops go, is this a particular faux pas in regards to the > > way it's coded? Go on Tedd ;) > > > > > > Ash > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > nice pick-up on the fact you only need to css the alternate row not both > odd and even :p > Yeah, I think my laziness had something to do with that, I didn't want to have to go and define another style ;) Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk