On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 13:55, Jon Anderson wrote:
> I really don't understand why people have such disregard for PHP as a
> template system... I'm not saying one way is better or worse (it's
> really a matter of preference), just that the PHP way isn't implicitly
> bad or messy...
>
> /* The Smarty way */
> $smarty->assign('display_variable',$display_variable);
> ...
> {* template *}
> <dl>
> {foreach key=key item=var from=$display_variable}
> <dt>{$key}</dt><dd>{$var}</dd>
> {/foreach}
> </dl>
>
> /* The PHP way */
> <dl>
> <?php foreach ($display_variable as $key => $var) { ?>
> <dt><?= $key?></dt><dd><?= $var ?></dd>
> <?php } /* end foreach ($display_variable) */ ?>
> </dl>
>
> Is it really *that* bad?
YES!
Simplistic examples don't properly illustrate the mess that occurs in
complex situations.
Cheers,
Rob.
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