At 10:23 AM -0700 10/26/06, Paul Novitski wrote:
At 10/26/2006 08:24 AM, tedd wrote:
I think a <div> would work just as well -- <span> seems so
old-world to me. :-)
By default, div is a block element and span is inline, so span
seemed like the natural fit for a sentence fragment. I don't think
there's anything old-world (!) about spans, Tedd, they're just tags.
I use both in my markup with a clear conscience.
My bad -- spans just remind me of the old "How do we slip things in"
days instead of figuring out a way to work around it. I realize that
they are both tags, but as Stut reminded me, one is block and the
other is line element.
However, if you used preg_match_all, I think you could do away with
the spans all together by matching FIRSTNAME to your first name
variable. That way your document would simply read:
Hello FIRSTNAME
That's true, and in tighly-defined micro-contexts that might work
just fine. For a robust general CMS, though, I want a completely
unambiguous demarcation of replacable content. All-caps tags will
work in some circumstances but certainly won't in others.
If you want "a completely unambiguous demarcation" then use xml with
a defined schema. I don't think you can get any more defined than
that, right?
Cheers,
tedd
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