Much like how jquery keeps the javascript out of the HTML, it's so much cleaner to keep PHP out of the HTML as well.
Have a look at the Smarty templating system for PHP. It's awesome. -j On Mar 4, 11:20 am, charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, the application I'm attempting to write couldn't be simpler: > I want to display rows of data, retrieved from a database and allow > people to edit or delete those rows and add new rows. Backend is PHP, > but I'd prefer to keep that out of the picture. So far I'm passing my > rows successfully to jquery and have the loop ready to go, but I'm not > sure how to proceed. > > Here's my dilemma: what's the best strategy for keeping the HTML out > of my Javascript as much as possible? The whole point of this > excercise has been to try to extricate as much PHP as possible from > the display logic, but just subbing in javascript is obviously pretty > pointless. > > One strategy I'm toying with is having an HTML "empty row" in the > normal layout that's hidden and get's cloned for both existing and new > records. Is this a common technique? Are there better ones? I'm > trying not to re-invent the wheel here! > > TIA, Charles
