On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 08:50 -0400, Rick Emery wrote:
> And now for something completely different...
>
> I have a question that has been nagging at me. I've searched the
> archives, FAQs, and web sites, but haven't found an answer.
>
> I have two ways that I've output HTML with PHP; one is to write the
> HTML, using the PHP tags to execute code when necessary. The other is
> to store the entire HTML output file in a string variable with
> concatenation and call the print (or echo) function at the bottom to
> output the page.
>
> Are there advantages one way or the other?
>
> This leads (sort of) to a second question: how can I validate my HTML?
> My applications run on an intranet (with database access), so I can't
> use the W3C Validator to point to the URL. If I try to upload the file,
> the validator doesn't parse the PHP to get the HTML output (which is
> why I wonder if I'm not better writing the HTML and sticking PHP where
> it's needed). Is there a way for me to maybe use the PHP tidy functions
> on the string containing the HTML ouput to validate it?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Rick
> --
> Rick Emery
>
> "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
> with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
> you will always long to return"
> -- Leonardo Da Vinci
>
What I usually do is to use smarty. There is a lite version that does
just fine, and has a very small memory print. Usually, my last lines of
code are something like:
...
$RenderResult = $Template->fetch('template.tpl');
/* Do something if I need to */
echo $RenderResult;
?>
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