Re: [PHP3] template engine example document

Hi Ron, Ron Chmara wrote: > > So, the programmer sticks the logic in an include (or require), the HTML folks > assign values to the variables....the coders mess with the logic, not the html, > the html folks mess with the HTML (as needed). > > What's missing from this? > > -Bop With your method, the programmer must change the PHP logic (what is included) for each template. How is this scalable to manage many templates? You are no longer separating form (presentation) from content. The way we proposed to make this work: the programmer passes content to the template, the designer controls the presentation of this content, and they control ONLY the presentation. The small set of functionality in the template spec accomplishes just that. The designer can make templates to their hearts desire without the need to change the PHP code underneath. Then later if you want to update the PHP code, there is only one set of code to update, not a whole slew of differing PHP code for each template. Monte