Re: Contribution for PECL

> That just shows you don't know smarty :-) > > Smarty compiles template code directly into native PHP code which is must faster than a > C extension that does a search and replace[1], and is (smarty) the best way to do a templating > language in PHP. a) Smarty just can not be much faster than a well-written C extension. As I said already, tests showed php-templates faster than pure PHP (even without Smarty). b) There is no any kind of search-and-replace operation in php-templates. We do not replace the text in a template and the search algorythm used in the code is really fast. The main idea is that engine _builds_ a template instead of changing its parts. This approach increases the speed _dramatically_. You may see that all in the source. > [1] A C extension constantly reparses the template, Smarty parses and compiles it once, mix > Smarty with a PHP Cache (like ionCube Accellerator or Zend Performance Suite) and it'll beat > the C extension every time... There's a "shared memory cache" task in my TODO list. It will be implemented in one of future versions and the engine will stop doing any kind of text-search operations. The developing process has not been stoped yet. > Did you read Monte's "why use smarty" page on smarty.php.net ? It > explains quite well why trying to have "no logic in the template" is > useless... You NEED logic in your template. If it's not in the > template, it's in the code, and if the design depends on this code, > then you don't achieve the layout separation you were using templates > for. Final dot as far as i'm concerned... Just a citation from the mentioned article: "We'll start by saying that [XXX] doesn't claim to be the answer to every templating problem. It isn't, nor is any other template engine. There is always going to be more than one way to solve a problem. It is up to you as the application designer to identify your needs and use a solution that works best." I replaced "Smarty" with "[XXX]" intentionally just for you could apply the text to any template solution. =) P.S. Let's stop the holy war and discuss pros and cons of the topic.