> statements, it becomes unmaintainable very quickly, use a templating >>> language, ether with a framework(recomended) or standalone. >>> >> >> >> But he /is/ using a templating language... PHP. ;-) >> > > Keep telling yourself that... and be sure to pat your own back. > I'm sure there are plenty of situations that call for a more focused templating system than the one that PHP already is. And there are plenty that don't. >From the earlier content of this thread, I suspect the problem the OP is currently working on falls into the latter camp. Didn't mean to bash templating systems. This is probably flame-war tinder, so I'll try to tread more delicately in the future. Next you know we'll be on the ternary operator and which is better, Mac or Windows. ;-) Ben