Can anyone direct me to a good resource for learning to use PHP as a
templating language along with plenty of examples?  I prefer books, but
web is fine, too.

Thanks so much!
Amanda

On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Justin French wrote:

> On 07/04/2004, at 1:33 AM, Angelo Zanetti wrote:
> 
> > hi all has anyone used smarty before? what do you think of it? I think 
> > it's
> > pretty nice to seperate your script (code) from your design.
> >
> > i would like to hear your comments and if you have any alternatives 
> > let me
> > know.
> 
> PHP itself is a great templating language :)
> 
> <h1><?=$title?></h1>
> <table>
>       <? foreach($staff as $person): ?>
>       <tr >
>               <td><?=$person['firstname']?> <?=$person['surname']?></td>
>               <td><?=$person['role']?></td>
>               <td><?=$person['phone']?></td>
>               <td><a href='mailto:<?=$person['email']?>'><?=$person['email']?></td>
>       </tr>
>       <? endforeach; ?>
> </table>
> 
> You can still separate your logic from your presentation, template 
> designers can still use quick, simple "tags" to include code, and the 
> upside is that people familiar with PHP don't need to learn ANOTHER 
> language (that's what Smarty is) -- they can dive straight in.
> 
> The question is, do you want to give your templater designers full 
> access to the power of PHP, or not.  In my case, I did.
> 
> 
> Justin
> 
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