Re: [SMARTY-DEV] Bringing the {insert} functionality to other tags

Monte, Try use a character after { to not cache.: {!if something} {elseif ...} {/if} {!someblockfunction} {/someblockfunction} {!somefunction} {!foreach} {/foreach} Maybe, add a registred nocache to tell the programmer choice whatever he want to cache. $registred_nocache = array( "if","foreach","functionA",... } Printing the name: {!$name} {!$name|ucase} On Wed, 04 Sep 2002 16:40:30 -0500 Monte Ohrt <monte@ispi.net> wrote: > Yes and no... > > First off, {insert} was a hack plain and simple. We needed a syntax > that the template engine recognized as being not cached. I don't think > > designers care that the insert tag is cached or not, it doesn't > directly affect their design. It actually just adds confusion, the > insert tag should really be an {include ...} tag including a template > that the designer can edit. > > I do see the issue with breaking templates up into cached/non-cached > pieces, I don't like the idea of splitting them up just for the > purpose of caching either. Maybe a cache/nocache block function is > necessary. > > Monte > > Jason Sweat wrote: > > Just to play Devil's Advocate, aren't you now making > > the designer intimately aware of the caching because > > of the insert function? Since I typically play both > > the developer/designer roles, I am having a hard time > > concieving of a designed who was not well aware of the > > caching requirements for the page. > > > > I lean towards the side of {no_cache}...{/no_cache} > > myself, but I can see the merits of the function > > registered version as well. > > > > Jason > > > > > > I see the merits of having tags in the templates that > > control caching, > > I'm just outlining my first concerns. My gut instinct > > says no, this > > isn't nearly as manageable. Keep the templates clean > > and simple, don't > > clutter them with cache constructs. Let the > > application handle that. > > > > Monte > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > Monte Ohrt <monte@ispi.net> > Director of Technology, ispi Inc. > > > -- > Smarty Development Mailing List (http://smarty.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > Atenciosamente, --------------------------------------------------------- Roberto Bertó, Gerente de Projetos Cel: 51 91169628 email: roberto@desenvolve.com.br DESENVOLVE - http://www.desenvolve.com.br TEL/FAX: 51 32270599 Rua Duque de Caxias, 1594 conj. 204 CEP 900010-281 - Porto Alegre - RS ---------------------------------------------------------