Here is what I would do (this advice and a buck will buy you a cup of
coffee):
First, I'd take my existing code, look over it and ask, Where am I
doing the same thing over and over? Code that is repetitive is a prime
candidate for using functions or objects. Objects are easier to
maintain for
olinux wrote:
Try out smarty (its quite simple). You will get some
ideas on how to structure. I learned that its *ok* to
have some *display logic* in your templates (i.e.
repeating rows). (yes, some will adamantly disagree)
Another thing i learned when using smarty is I like
using arrays to
in to help you wont have to spend much time babysitting
them.
From: Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] Cleaning up my messy code
Date: 29 Sep 2003 21:49:45 -
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warren Vail) wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
My own experience has shown that separation
I am working on a fairly large scale (for myself anyway) project using PHP
and MySQL. I am victim of teaching myself to program, not separating
presentation from my code-- all the things that lead to masses of spaghetti
code so atrocious even I can't figure out what I was doing an hour ago.
Chris wrote:
I am working on a fairly large scale (for myself anyway) project using PHP
and MySQL. I am victim of teaching myself to program, not separating
presentation from my code-- all the things that lead to masses of spaghetti
code so atrocious even I can't figure out what I was doing an
You should search the web for articles on MVC, Model View Controller.
This is a standard technique for separating your presentation from your
logic from your database. The concept can be applied to any programming
or scripting language since it actually falls under the much bigger
realm of
[snip]
I'm not looking for an IDE or code generator so much as some practical
advice for organization and framework when developing a larger app. I
know
of PHP Fusebox, having programmed with Cold Fusion fusebox for a while,
but
it seems like that might be too much. Maybe I just need a
From: Brent Baisley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I looked into the templating systems at first, but really wanted to try
what they were doing myself. It ends up being very easy to implement
using output buffering. Just look into the ob_start() command. Here is
an example of how I load a template file
On 29 Sep 2003 19:22:54 -
Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am working on a fairly large scale (for myself anyway) project using PHP
and MySQL. I am victim of teaching myself to program, not separating
presentation from my code-- all the things that lead to masses of spaghetti
code so
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 15:22, Chris wrote:
I am working on a fairly large scale (for myself anyway) project using PHP
and MySQL. I am victim of teaching myself to program, not separating
presentation from my code-- all the things that lead to masses of spaghetti
code so atrocious even I
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From: andu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 1:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] Cleaning up my messy code
On 29 Sep 2003 19:22:54 -
Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am working on a fairly large scale (for myself anyway) project
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 17:12, Vail, Warren wrote:
IMHO, the first test of any code, is does it do what is should accurately,
and speedily (in that order), after that what you have left is a
programmer's best effort at producing something that others can read.
Adding cpu cycles so that it can
No argument from me.
Warren
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From: Robert Cummings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 2:21 PM
To: Vail, Warren
Cc: andu; PHP-General
Subject: RE: [PHP] Cleaning up my messy code
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 17:12, Vail, Warren wrote:
IMHO
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warren Vail) wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
My own experience has shown that separation of a presentation layer
from an application layer, doesn't occur where we think it should.
HTML as a language has no capability to be dynamic, and if we are
going to ask that the
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 17:49, Chris wrote:
Certainly. This is not a theoretical exercise but frustration with
dealing with my own code, trying to implement revisions, and basically
feeling like I need a map of some kind to know where I am.
That's why I'm interested in what other people
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Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 2:50 PM
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Subject: RE: [PHP] Cleaning up my messy code
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warren Vail) wrote in
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My own experience has shown that separation of a presentation layer
from an application layer, doesn't occur where we think
* Thus wrote CPT John W. Holmes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
From: Brent Baisley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I looked into the templating systems at first, but really wanted to try
what they were doing myself. It ends up being very easy to implement
using output buffering. Just look into the ob_start()
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Cummings) wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Regardless of the framework or library or whatever you choose, you
WILL have to adapt to it to some degree. Whether that be style-wise or
just learning the the API. The more power, and flexibility you want,
the more you
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 19:10, Chris L wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Cummings) wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Regardless of the framework or library or whatever you choose, you
WILL have to adapt to it to some degree. Whether that be style-wise or
just learning the the API. The more
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Cummings) wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
*heh* I like being able to look at project 2 and say to myself, hmm
needs an authentication just like project 1, but with a different
look. Or wants a news feed, like project 1, buyt the data source is
different, I'll
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 20:27, Chris L wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Cummings) wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
*heh* I like being able to look at project 2 and say to myself, hmm
needs an authentication just like project 1, but with a different
look. Or wants a news feed, like
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 17:07, Curt Zirzow wrote:
I wonder if now is a place to introduce my new templating system.
Definitely! I'd be interested in seeing it.
I have the same difficulties in letting just joe blow executing php
code within templates, sometimes smarty is just to smart for
On 29 Sep 2003 21:08:40 -0400
Robert Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I like that idea too-- I just don't like having to learn what amounts to a
third language to do it. Does one have to have a templating engine in order
to achieve this?
I find reusability to be, largely, a
Try out smarty (its quite simple). You will get some
ideas on how to structure. I learned that its *ok* to
have some *display logic* in your templates (i.e.
repeating rows). (yes, some will adamantly disagree)
Another thing i learned when using smarty is I like
using arrays to keep things
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