I agree. I actually have such an helper function in my app (I called it form_close_tag()), because a </form> without a <form> will make any (X)HTML validator angry, which in turns makes me angry too. From a readability view it's also better looking.
On Dec 6, 2007 10:28 AM, Lee Bolding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Speed isn't really a concern - I'm more concerned with readability, > maintainability and extensibility. Besides which, the page gets built once, > then cached - so your point is moot. > > If we continue your endform_tag logic, why bother with the other asset > helpers? > > An endform_tag would literally output "</form>", which is more characters > (although I think it's actually easier to understand than a mismatched > form_tag and </form> pair [how many editors barf at this???], but I > digress...) whereas my proposed tag would have options such as target, > class, id, style etc. > > The point of the helper is to make life easier by outputting valid xhtml - > with </form> you can't get this wrong - where you can specify multiple > options, you can. > > I see far more use for this than say the stylesheet or javascript helpers, > which essentially don't do anything else other than prefix /web/css and > web/js respectively. > > :) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Ian P. Christian > Sent: 06 December 2007 14:31 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [symfony-users] Re: Asset helper for "generic link"? > > > Lee Bolding wrote: > > Is there some solution that I'm missing other than manually coding the > link > > in my template? (which looks a bit odd when mixed amongst all the > link_to's) > > It might look odd - but it's faster.... > > I don't really see much point in implementing a function just to make > things look nicer in the template, that's like asking for a > endform_tag() function, just because there's a form_tag() isn't it? > > > -- > > Ian P. Christian ~ http://pookey.co.uk > > > > > > > -- - SR --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
