RE: [PEAR-DEV] Template class

The point of templates of to separate logic from layout, if your designers have to learn php to make tempaltes, it's useless. > On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Wolfram Kriesing wrote: > > > (just in case any of the people on PEAR-DEV will read this at all, > > since everyone must be tired of the template class debates :-) ) > > > > i just wanted to say what i had to write, because i didnt see any of > > the existing template classes/engines provide me with that > > > > the main features are: > > # compiling template class which (almost) only replaces '{' by <?php > > and '}' by ?>, with pre and post filters > > # uses indention to create the '{' and '}' for php-code inside the > > template, so clean code is a requirement and no closing tags like: > > {/if} are needed > > # leaves all the power of php to you, not only the functionality the > > template engine implements > > # nothing to learn, just use '{' and '}' instead of the php-tags in > > your template and indent your code properly > > # the seperation of source and representation is all up to the > > programmer (either this is good or bad) > > # provides some default filter > > > > > > a possible template > > ----------------------------- > > {if(sizeof($disadvantages))} > > {foreach($disadvantages as $aDisadvantage)} > > <li>{$aDisadvantage}</li> > > {else} > > no disadvantages registered yet :-) > > ----------------------------- > > > > the compiled code is nothing more than this > > ----------------------------- > > <?php if(sizeof($disadvantages)) { ?> > > <?php foreach($disadvantages as $aDisadvantage) { ?> > > <li><?=$aDisadvantage?></li> > > <?php } } else { ?> > > no disadvantages registered yet :-) > > <?php } ?> > > ----------------------------- > > so you can see - easy to use, nothing to learn and should > be fast :-) > > > > feel free to have a look at > > http://wolfram.kriesing.de/programming/ > > > > > > > > PS: BTW what was the decision on a multiple classes in PEAR > > which do the same thing? > > > > -- > > Wolfram > > > > > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: pear-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: pear-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net >