Re: More thoughts about PHP: Taglibs

Yep this is not bad! > <html> > Hello, <showusername/>. Your last login was <showlastlogin/>.<p> > </html> and now using PHP's short tags, you can make it even prettier: <html> Hello, <?=showusername()?>. Your last login was <?=showlastlogin()?>.<p> </html> Right? "Dr. Evil" <drevil@sidereal.kz> wrote in message news:20010911050455.12049.qmail@sidereal.kz... > > It seems to me that one of the problems with PHP is that you have to > include code in your HTML pages. Even with the cleanest design, you > end up with HTML that looks like this: > > <html> > Hello, <?php showusername(); ?>. Your last login was <?php > showlastlogin(); ?>.<p> > </html> > > This is ok, but it seems to me that java taglibs provide a more > elegant way to do the same things: > > <html> > Hello, <showusername/>. Your last login was <showlastlogin/>.<p> > </html> > > This lets the backend stuff be completely separated from the html > design part of things. What do people think of this? I'm just now > learning JSP so I'm thinking about the differences between PHP and > JSP. > > In general, both are powerful ways of creating dynamic websites, but > they have different characteristics and are better for different > things. I'm learning java but I will continue to use both, depending > on the task.