Re: Templates: reality check

On Jun 11, 2004, at 3:22 AM, Alexey Borzov wrote:

For those working on common interface / base class / whatever for templates, I'd like to propose the following test. HTML_QuickForm is able to use 4 template engines for its output (ITX or Sigma, Smarty, Flexy) via customized renderers. I challenge the developers of the Grand Unified Template with the following: write a renderer for QuickForm that will use only the methods available in this interface / base class / whatever

I think that is part of the goal; at least, that is part of my goal. The base class, or whatever we call it, should have the basic functions needed to output a template. That might be just me, though.

and that will be able to output the form through any of the template engines you decide to support.

Can't say for sure on that; a unified template system may require rewriting of other packages in PEAR. Hadn't thought about that. :-( -- Paul M. Jones Savant: the simple alternative to Smarty for PHP. http://phpsavant.com/ DB_Table: build RDBMS tables and XHTML forms in one PHP class. http://wiki.ciaweb.net/yawiki/index.php?area=DB_Table Yawiki: your collaborative online documentation system. http://yawiki.com/ Yawp: a single-file foundation for PHP applications. http://phpyawp.com/