Robert Cummings wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 21:18 -0600, Shawn McKenzie wrote:
>> Matthew Croud wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> First post here, I'm in the process of learning PHP , I'm digesting a
>>> few books as we speak.
>>> I'm working on a content heavy website that provides a lot of
>>> information, a template system would be great and so i've been looking
>>> at ways to create dynamic data with a static navigation system.
>>>
>>> So far, using the require_once(); function seems to fit the bill in
>>> order to bring in the same header html file on each page.
>>> I've also looked at Smartys template system.
>>>
>>> I wondered how you folk would go about creating a template system ?
>>>
>>> My second question might be me jumping the gun here, I haven't come
>>> across this part in my book but i'll ask about it anyway. I often see
>>> websites that have a dynamic body and static header, and their web
>>> addresses end like this: "index.php?id=445" where 445 i presume is some my
>>> file reference.
>>> What is this called ? It seems like the system i'm after but it doesn't
>>> appear in my book, If anyone could let me know what this page id
>>> subject is called i can do some research on the subject.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help you can provide :)
>>>
>>> Matt.
>>>
>> I have written a popular theme/template system for some CMS systems. In
>> my opinion, templating is only needed for those that are totally
>> ignorant of the concept of programming languages in general.
>
> I'm not sure... but I'm pretty sur eyou just called me ignorant. Blanket
> statements like that one above are themselves ignorant.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.
Well then you're ignorant because I didn't call you ignorant! Didn't
you write your own template system?
Seriously though, I should have worded that differently. I guess the
second paragraph was more what I was after. But to clarify the first
paragraph, I would suspect if they are anything like me, many of those
that know and use PHP prefer to do control type things in PHP (loops,
ifs, includes, etc.). I know I do. I like templating in that I use a
template (HTML file) and add echos, or use simple templating logic so
that {somevar} echoes $somevar, but why replicate what PHP can do with a
separate language?
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Thanks!
-Shawn
http://www.spidean.com
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