Re: mixing HTML and PHP code

"Alex Black" ... > >> the horse is back from the dead! > > > >huh? > > inside joke. Doh. > > > I don't like to do database connections when I've already output markup, > > > what if something goes wrong, or I want to do a redirect, etc? > > > > If something goes wrong -> It's the DBA fault. :-) > > hehe > > in a production encironment: agh! But if you're a freelancer and the DBA works for the web-hosting enterprise, it can be very funny! > > I'm pretty comfortable programming directly with OCIwhatever() functions > > directly in the main code, that's it. > > ok, go ahead. that in my opinion is not the way to go, especially for > portability and reuse of code... it's also the quick route to hair-pulling > if you QA your code... portability to other platform = search-replace OCIwhatever to mysqlwhatever. reuse of code = copy-paste-modify :-DDDDD You don't know what hellish programming gadgets i had to invent in order to make some places of "my" website to work... > > In other words, i don't need to make my code more maintainable because i'm > > comfortable with maintaining it right now. > > well, then why bother arguing the point? Dunno. > my opinion only matters if you care about it? Only matters to who?? > otherwise I'm just babbling. (ohh I see some responses to this one) C'mon, people, reply to this one and make Alex happy!!! > >> True, but why not just bitch at macromedia until they include support for > >> PHP in ultradev? > > > > (Well, i haven't purchased dreamweaver either) > > good, that means you're not using any diabolical visual tools :) Well, you can always call M$ windoze a "diabolical visual OS" :-) > >> (plegh, visual authoring tools: a necessary evil) > > > > Why, when you have notepad.exe and a couple of browsers to test that the > > pages work properly? > > whoa, dude. Yeah. Since i learnt pure HTML code, and having seen what a *clean* code generates M$ frontpage, i decided not to work with *any* visual web page generator. Perhaps i'm extrapolating, but i did it it way, and now it could be hard for me to change. > that's scary. but do whatever you want! Well, it's my style right now, and that way i'm going well. Perhaps i'll change with time, but...