Re: [PHP Template] Re: [PHP3] PHP Template Engine spec revision 0.52

At 12:38 AM 3/21/00 +0200, Zeev Suraski wrote: >I want to add that this time I wasn't just saying what my personal >thoughts were, but was representing the impression I got from quite a few >hardcore PHP developers, that developed applications with the layout being >written by others. All of them replied 'no way?!' (or something along >the lines of this) when I asked them whether templates should have logic >(control structures) inside them. Well, you should really have asked them to join this list then instead of talking to them privately and then just passing on their opinions. >About the many prefixes for variables, I didn't notice this before (I was >mostly concerned about the logic control structures), but I tend to agree >they're quite high in the infamous WTF scale. If you're dealing with >programming-challenged people, you shouldn't use all of these confusing >prefixes... Look, the template engine can be as dumb or as sophisticated as you want it to be. You want just the level of FastTemplate? Fine, use only variables and sections, if you want to. Want something a little better? Use config files and conditionals. No one is forcing programmers/designers to use every single feature of this engine in every template. Customize it to your needs. Come up with a process that works best for you. Given a choice between making it more powerful and, perhaps, not as obvious, and making it way rate way high on the DUH level, I'll take powerful approach every time because of all the projects that I've done along with the designers. Every programming project is started to "scratch an itch". Well, this was mine. Mosquito bitten, unite! -Andrei