On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 13:20, Ryan A wrote: > On 4/28/2005 7:08:00 PM, Evert | Rooftop Solutions > (evert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > Ryan A wrote: > > >So just because you use smarty you think you are smart and have the right > > to be smart..who the hell do you think you are?? > > > > >Sorry, just giving an example of how a jackass with extreme opinions > > would write on this holy war's volatile topic..... no offense meant > > > :-) > > > > I would go for a xml-style template engine (start flaming right below > > this thread) > > Flaming??? who has time to start flaming after reading what you wrote? > am busying banging my head against the wall. To state the obvious... the above is in actuality a flame disguised as an excuse. I use InterJinn, smarty, and PHP as template engines depending on what the client wants and how much work they want done, and how much elegance, modularity, and maintainability they want. Of the three I like smarty the least which is probably why I wrote my own engine :) Oh wait, I've also used eztemplate which by far takes the cake of horrible horrible templating. While PHP is itself usable as a templating engine, it's not what I would call clear and concise when used that way (but maybe that's because I've come across too many instances where the previous developer mixed business logic with display logic and then I had to rework the functionality which was a nightmare :). When using InterJinn I save the overhead of run-time includes incurred by using PHP as a templating engine, and I save the overhead of cache checks incurred by systems like smarty since InterJinn compiles to PHP source code and does not use a cache (although it can be set to automatically recompile pages when dependencies change). At any rate I don't generally post about InterJinn here anymore since some of the regulars tend to get annoyed ;) Mind you I don't post much at all anymore since I became a father a year and a half ago... priorities you know :) Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
