Re: [PHP Template] dynamic blocks

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Dan Libby wrote: > So they are already going to see the variable names when viewing static html. > {foo}. What is so wrong with also seeing the dynamic declarations? > > The only viable alternative I see is angle brackets, but having used such a > system, I can say that it gets *very* confusing, when you start having things > like: > > <section: link> > <a href="<link>"><font face="<fontface>" > size="<fontsize>" > color="<fontcolor>"><linktext></font></a> > </section: link> > > compare that to: > > {section: link} > <a href="{link}"><font face="{fontface}" > size="{fontsize}" > color="{fontcolor}">{linktext}</font></a> > {/section: link} > > I think that whatever we decide, it should be consistent between variables, > sections, and any other tokens we decide to use, such as ifs. > > Note, I actually prefer "{{" to "{" because it means that people won't > need to > escape single "{", which are a more common occurrence. I actually agree with Dan here. I don't like mixing template language with HTML - it's just messy, and then you have a different convention for printing vars using $. I think using {{ and }} for everything should be fine. -Andrei