Re: [PHP Template] DTML?

Teodor Cimpoesu wrote: > > Anne wrote: > > > > Monte Ohrt wrote: > > > > > > Yes it is redundant, but it could possibly be handy. An example that > > > we've ran into, The designer would like a way to quickly throw the > > > current date into the template. To do this, the developer would have to > > > make the date available in a variable first, then the designer can use > > > it. OR, they could do a quick PHP parse: > > > > > > {:php} > > > echo date(); > > > {:/php} > > > > > > On the other hand, we could always be extending functionality of the > > > template engine. Maybe there could be this type of tag: > > > > > > {:date "now"} > > > > > > Another idea, we can have a config file that maps template markup to php > > > commands, so the extendability of the template tags is very flexible. > > > > I like the above idea. > > > > There is nothing more frustrating for a designer than to have to go back > > and forth with the coder just to get couple words to display on the > > screen in a particular format that depends on a condition where a > > varible is assigned a specific value. > > > > I like having the flexibility of using if statements to format dynamic > > content. But it sounds like that breaks the rules for the ideal > > template. Right? > But how about a flexible way to define new tags (least in DTML you can > do that). > This way you can ``customize'' your template tags with handy tags for > your need. > The idea with the mapping may be good but I think it's silver bullet, > cause you > will loose performance (lookup+eval()ing). > That is actually what I meant with the mapping. With a config file, define a new tag and give it a php function mapping such as the :date example given above.