On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 14:10, tedd wrote:
> 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.
That's right, and a template engine simplifies the complexity.
Cheers,
Rob.
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