IMHO I would go with Smarty as it has excellent documentation and
would fit almost anything that the project would require. I also
think it would be a cleaner way of templating than using str_replace
() over and over again. For what it's worth, I use Smarty on almost
all of my projects, large and small. I find that once you learn it
you can use it to develop new sites rather quickly.
...and it's not like using a nuke to kill a fly - Smarty only loads
the files it needs as it needs them instead of loading everything -
so it's quite fast really.
- Joe
On Jun 22, 2006, at 7:10 AM, Ryan A wrote:
Hi,
A pal of mine needed some help on his project, he is
using a "header" and "footer" file to "template" his
project... but its gotten a bit complicated as he has
a few dynamic parts in the header and footer files, so
I told him to go with a proper templating method of
templating the whole page rather than includ()ing the
top and bottom.
After having a better look at his scripts, I am just
not sure if something big (like SMARTY for instance)
would be good for him. He just needs maybe 5 template
pages, same pages, different color.
Searching google I see literally hundreds of
"templating solutions" can anyone recommend a simple
one or should I tell him to just use str_replace() for
tags like: {{menu_here}} {{header_here} etc?
Something like SMARTY would be like using a nuke to
kill a fly (IMHO) esp since this project will not
expand to anything much bigger or complicated.
Thanks!
Ryan
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