a parser is a program that i will take some preformatted text, extract the information from it, and then do work with that information. xml programs users parses to pull data from between the <> tags. in your case, you'd have to have some sort of declaration in your code that sets apart code blocks you want replaced, invent some sort of system of replacing that code on demand, then write that code that implements your system. a little difficult, and out of my scope, i'm sure. unless i spent two weeks with minimal sleep. drew On Apr 6, 2005 9:37 PM, James Williams <php@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Richard Lynch wrote: > > On Wed, April 6, 2005 7:04 pm, James Williams said: > > > >>Hey fellas, I'm makin a forum right now and as a sub project, I'm making > >>a template engine / class. Right now all it does is variable > >>replacement, however I am curious as to how I can implement support for > >>loops and if statements. I would appreciate any ideas that you may > >>have, thank-you! > > > > > > You'll have to write a parser. > > > > Or use something like bison/flex/yacc to create one for you. > > > > This is not something you want to try to knock out in an afternoon because > > you're bored. :-) > > > Thank-you, but what exactly does a parser do? > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
