I'm using this one with no problems, its actually quite fast http://pukomuko.esu.lt/phemplate/
there is a benchmark against smarty aswell, i was actually thinking of going the smarty path as so many php apps use it, what is the better of them , anyone using this class ? > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 2:11 PM > To: Resell Domain Names > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Methods for creating HTML with PHP > > > On Friday, March 26, 2004, at 04:47 AM, Resell Domain Names wrote: > > > Why not use Smarty or another template engine? (http://smarty.php.net/) > > Smarty has a lot of overhead. PHP is a perfectly good templating > engine all by itself. > > What the OP may or may not have understood is that PHP and HTML can be > mixed together: > > --- > <html> > <body> > <div id='content'> > <?=$content?> > </div> > </body> > </html> > --- > > As for Smarty, well, anything it can do, PHP can do better and faster, > without the overhead :) > > --- > <table> > {section name=mysec loop=$name} > {strip} > <tr> > <td>{$name[mysec]}</td> > </tr> > {/strip} > {/section} > </table> > --- > > Could just as easily be: > > --- > <table> > <? foreach($names as $n) { ?> > <tr> > <td><?=$n?></td> > </tr> > <? } ?> > </table> > --- > > Alternating table row colours? I just slapped this together in about 1 > minute -- I'm sure with a little more work (or a class), I could keep > it all out of the global name space too! > > --- > <? > function alternator($val1,$val2,$name='alternator') > { > // initialise or increment the global counter > // called ${$name}_counter > if(!isset($GLOBALS["{$name}_counter"])) > { $GLOBALS["{$name}_counter"] = 1; } > else > { $GLOBALS["{$name}_counter"]++; } > > // set ${name} in the global space to either > // $val1 or $val2, depending on the odd/even > // state of the counter > if(is_int($GLOBALS["{$name}_counter"] / 2)) > { $GLOBALS[$name] = $val1; } > else > { $GLOBALS[$name] = $val2; } > } > $names = array('Fred','Jane','Bob','Kate','Hank','Nicole'); > ?> > > <table> > <? foreach($names as $n) : ?> > <? alternator('#ccc','#eee',"bgcolor") ?> > <tr bgcolor='<?=$bgcolor?>'> > <td><?=$n?></td> > </tr> > <? endforeach; ?> > </table> > > > And when you hit a wall in Smarty, you can't do much other than request > a new feature... in PHP, just code it! You also don't have to learn > YET ANOTHER syntax/language, you don't have to compile templates > > Smarty's forte (and it's downfall) is that it limits what you can do. > On one hand, you're not letting untrusted on unskilled template > designers loose with the full features of PHP, but on the other hand, > when a skilled template designer with PHP experience hits a > "limitation" as to what Smarty is capable of, they're stuck... whereas > PHP-based templates are only limited by the skills of the programmer > and PHP itself. > > > If your "template designer" is in fact a reasonably skilled and trusted > PHP programmer, then Smarty is *overkill* and *very limiting*. If your > "template designer" only knows HTML, then perhaps the full power of PHP > is a little unsafe -- which is where Smarty wins. > > Eeek -- sorry for the long post and for straying off topic, but I think > Smarty is used in situation where PHP and some well-built functions > will do just fine. > > > --- > Justin French > http://indent.com.au > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
