Re: templating engine options

At 12:01 AM +0100 5/24/09, Nathan Rixham wrote:

LinuxManMikeC wrote:

I was recently researching template engines for a small in-house project, with a bias toward simple and lightweight. I found this interesting article in my search. I think its worth considering if you don't need all the bells and whistles of the big template engines. Simple and elegant. http://www.massassi.com/php/articles/template_engines/

cheers, it certainly is simple and elegant - however a bit too simple (specifically as it's in template php); gives me immediate visions of a wordpress template - and that's more than enough to scare me off! <lol> regards, nathan

All: Anytime I see embedded style elements within html, that's more than ample warning to make me look elsewhere for the solution -- because IMO that's not a solution. I find it interesting that the articles states "the separation of business logic from presentation" but then combines content with presentation. I don't see any real gain here. My efforts are always trying to separate content from function and presentation. Make everything as unobtrusive as you can. Place styling in remote css, client-side javascript enhancements unobtrusively, and use server-side php/mysql to create secure and accurate function to generate the proper html and deliver desired content. I can understand someone wanting to simplify their work, but exchanging one problem for another doesn't cut it for me. Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com