Re: [PHP Template] dynamic blocks

There are lots of ways to escape the dollar, maybe with a backslash: <if $title != "foo"> <b>$title</b> is \$5.00 </if> With curly braces, how does one print a literal word in curly braces without interpreting this as a template var? For instance, a web page that explains how PHP templates work: <B> To put variables in templates, use curly braces like so: \{Title\} </B> You could use html special characters like this: <B> To put variables in templates, use curly braces like so: &#123;Title&#125; </B> but then that only works on a browser. Remember that PHP templates can be used to create other documents, such as outgoing e-mail. In that case, using html special chars doesn't work well. Here are a couple of examples for comparison I threw the loop:row thing in to possibly spark more ideas. I also got rid of the colon in the template tags, and added an attribute "name" to the dynamic function. That will allow us other attributes in the future. <!-- example #1 --> <HTML> <BODY> <IF $title != ""> <TITLE>$title</TITLE> <ELSE> <TITLE>none</TITLE> </IF> <TABLE border=0> <DYNAMIC name=row> <TR> <TD>$cellcontent</TD> </TR> </DYNAMIC> There were $loop:row results. </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML> <!-- example #2 --> <HTML> <BODY> <IF {title} != ""> <TITLE>{title}</TITLE> <ELSE> <TITLE>none</TITLE> </IF> <TABLE border=0> <DYNAMIC name=row> <TR> <TD>{cellcontent}</TD> </TR> </DYNAMIC> There were {loop:row} results. </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML> Monte Sanford Redlich wrote: > > I like Monte's option #2, with the curly braces (the $$ thing could lead to > mistakes that might be confusing to the designer if s/he forgot to use two > dollar signs). > > Sanford >