At 2:02 PM -0400 6/28/06, Robert Cummings wrote:
>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.
>--
Not meaning to be contrary, but complex situations are supposed to be reduced to simplistic solutions.
I don't see anything wrong with what was presented.
tedd
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