Re: [Template] Design issues

Paul M Jones wrote:

Another note -- I know you don't like it, but in lieu of other plans, I still think toString() is the place to do the work, not output(). Yes, it requires the use of ob_*() every time, but: you can register a filter provider and it can act on the buffered string, then return to output. I'm not sure there's another way to do it, really, and I like the idea of output filters for various reasons.

output buffering all the time is going to kill performance on large resultsets. I was thinking about filtering last night.. - made a brief reference to it in the email: class Template_Filtered extends Template { function Template_Filtered ( $options = array() ) { Template::Template($options); } function output() { $result = $this->toString(); foreach ($this->filters.....) $result = $this->filters[$i]->parse($result); } } } since filters effectively wrap the output of the Template result, so as a metaphore, the Class wraps the Template Class.. -- Can you help out? Need Consulting Services or Know of a Job? http://www.akbkhome.com