Re: [PHP] Re: Programming a state controller for page transitions

2002-01-21 Thread Geoff Caplan
Erik > I can't imagine how a collaborative effort can work with obfuscated > source... Nor can I, but it is surprising how often I download code that is pretty much unreadable. I think a lot of people who try to get projects going just don't think this through, and then wonder why they don't ge

Re: [PHP] Re: Programming a state controller for page transitions

2002-01-21 Thread Erik Price
Check out phorum's source, I find it very well-documented and educational. I can't imagine how a collaborative effort can work with obfuscated source... On Saturday, January 19, 2002, at 05:03 AM, Geoff Caplan wrote: > Some authors compound the problem by using cryptic variable names, > thou

Re: [PHP] Re: Programming a state controller for page transitions

2002-01-19 Thread Geoff Caplan
Manuel >You may want to try this multi-page forms class Thanks for the tip. If I may make a comment about the way people present their open source contributions... As with most code I look at, it doesn't fully meet my needs ( I really do need a generic state engine). But is rather hard to learn

[PHP] Re: Programming a state controller for page transitions

2002-01-18 Thread Manuel Lemos
Hello, Geoff Caplan wrote: > > Hi folks > > A bit OT - more a general programming issue than PHP - but here goes: > > I am trying to design a state controller to manage multi-page logical > transactions, such as, say, a three page checkout process, or a database > entry system. > > The idea i