On 8/6/07, Wade Preston Shearer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  Smarty's concept
> and ability is great, but why isn't it written in and using PHP?


I think PHP is very capable of doing anything a template engine does.  When
I was first introduced to PHP, I reviewed code examples (some from expensive
books) that had PHP coed embedded in HTML.  Because of years of structured
programming languages, I almost gave up on it then.  It looked hideous and
didn't seem like much thought was put into doing it that way.  Fortunately,
I also reviewed many other code examples (many from this list) that showed
what PHP could really do.  At that point I decided to use PHP to output all
HTML in all of my coding.  I have never been involved in a project big
enough to have separate designers.  But it's easy for me to choose a design
I like and then make PHP output the HTML.  And it's all in PHP.  I have
never been able to justify the overhead of a template engine in what I've
done so far.

My humble $.0s.

-- 
Scott Hill

"May you solve interesting problems" - Author Unknown
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -
Sir Winston Churchill

_______________________________________________

UPHPU mailing list
[email protected]
http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu
IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net

Reply via email to