i would point someone in the direction of XHP too if they really wanted to https://github.com/facebook/xhp/wiki/ On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Peter Lind <peter.e.lind@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 8 November 2010 22:59, Michael Shadle <mike503@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Hansen, Mike <Mike.Hansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I really like the idea of using a templating engine. Which one do you use? Why? For those that don't use templating engines, why don't you use them? >> >> smarty is everyone's favorite usually but i find it a bit annoying. >> >> not to mention php itself is already a templating language... the only >> benefit is trying to separate content and presentation. >> >> however, for that to happen people create DSLs for templating that all >> have their own little syntaxes and glitches and annoyances. >> > > PHPTal is an alternative to smarty: http://phptal.org/ - it's got a > nice syntax, I find. > > However, whether one should bother with a templating system like > smarty or phptal very much depends upon how intricate your front-end > system needs to be and what it needs to do. For smaller projects. > smarty or phptal will get in the way and will likely get very > annoying. For bigger projects they can be of great use. > > Regards > Peter > > -- > <hype> > WWW: plphp.dk / plind.dk > LinkedIn: plind > BeWelcome/Couchsurfing: Fake51 > Twitter: kafe15 > </hype> > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
