On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 13:55, Jon Anderson wrote: > I really don't understand why people have such disregard for PHP as a > template system... I'm not saying one way is better or worse (it's > really a matter of preference), just that the PHP way isn't implicitly > bad or messy... > > /* The Smarty way */ > $smarty->assign('display_variable',$display_variable); > ... > {* template *} > <dl> > {foreach key=key item=var from=$display_variable} > <dt>{$key}</dt><dd>{$var}</dd> > {/foreach} > </dl> > > /* The PHP way */ > <dl> > <?php foreach ($display_variable as $key => $var) { ?> > <dt><?= $key?></dt><dd><?= $var ?></dd> > <?php } /* end foreach ($display_variable) */ ?> > </dl> > > Is it really *that* bad? YES! Simplistic examples don't properly illustrate the mess that occurs in complex situations. 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