Re: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-20 Thread Virgilio Quilario
> Hi Virgil, > > After your last post here, I looked at your site, then the Smarty site. > That was what triggered this question. Templates are a black art to me. > I don't even know where to begin to understand them. Every reference I > have looked at so far assumes that I already understand the M

Re: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-20 Thread Thodoris
From: Bastien Koert On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Bob McConnell wrote: From: Virgilio Quilario >> That looks nice, but how do I get to the point where I can understand >> how to use it? >> >> I have also looked at the Smarty site

RE: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-20 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 22:54 -0400, Bob McConnell wrote: > From: Robert Cummings > >On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 12:14 -0400, Bob McConnell wrote: > >> From: Bastien Koert > >> > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Bob McConnell > wrote: > >> > > >> > From: Virgilio Quilario > > Most discussion clipped f

Re: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Bipin Upadhyay
Bob McConnell wrote: [SNIPPED] the fireman. Going futher, using OOP let's you do all sorts of generic Hi Rob, Unfortunately, you still don't understand the problem I have. While it takes a while to puzzle out the details, I don't have any trouble reading, understanding or debugging cod

Re: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Michael A. Peters
Bob McConnell wrote: But defining objects and then figuring out how to create and use them completely escapes me. My mind simply won't map a problem into objects, it only sees procedures. Even when I look at classes, they resolve only as loose groupings of functions and variables, not as unifie

RE: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Bob McConnell
From: Robert Cummings >On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 12:14 -0400, Bob McConnell wrote: >> From: Bastien Koert >> > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Bob McConnell wrote: >> > >> >From: Virgilio Quilario Most discussion clipped for brevity > // OOP > > class DbFireman extends DbPerson > { > pri

Re: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Michael A. Peters
Robert Cummings wrote: On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 18:05 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 16:27 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: Marc Christopher Hall wrote: The following comment is not intended to be helpful *smacks head on desk repeatedly...* Thi

Re: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 18:05 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 16:27 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: > >> Marc Christopher Hall wrote: > >>> The following comment is not intended to be helpful > >>> > >>> *smacks head on desk repeatedly...* > >>>

Re: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Michael A. Peters
Robert Cummings wrote: On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 16:27 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: Marc Christopher Hall wrote: The following comment is not intended to be helpful *smacks head on desk repeatedly...* This comment is.. I would hazard to say that if you are unwilling or unable to grasp OO

Re: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 16:27 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: > Marc Christopher Hall wrote: > > The following comment is not intended to be helpful > > > > *smacks head on desk repeatedly...* > > > > > > This comment is.. > > > > I would hazard to say that if you are unwilling or unable to g

Re: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Michael A. Peters
Marc Christopher Hall wrote: The following comment is not intended to be helpful *smacks head on desk repeatedly...* This comment is.. I would hazard to say that if you are unwilling or unable to grasp OOP, MVCs and any decent framework that is necessary then maybe stepping back and tackl

RE: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Bob McConnell
From: Bastien Koert > Just 162 files? I don't mean to sound condescending but if the code > is that much trouble, chuck it out and start over. Not going to happen. There are too many other tasks in the backlog that are more important and will bring in real money as opposed to just making the devel

Re: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Bastien Koert
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Bob McConnell wrote: > From: Shawn McKenzie > > Bob McConnell wrote: > >> From: Virgilio Quilario > That looks nice, but how do I get to the point where I can > understand > how to use it? > > I have also looked at the Smarty site

RE: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 12:14 -0400, Bob McConnell wrote: > From: Bastien Koert > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Bob McConnell wrote: > > > > From: Virgilio Quilario > > >> That looks nice, but how do I get to the point where I can > understand > > >> how to use it? > > >> > >

Re: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Shawn McKenzie
Bob McConnell wrote: > From: Virgilio Quilario >>> That looks nice, but how do I get to the point where I can understand >>> how to use it? >>> >>> I have also looked at the Smarty site , but >>> their documents assume significant experience in building and using >>> templat

RE: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Bob McConnell
From: Shawn McKenzie > Bob McConnell wrote: >> From: Virgilio Quilario That looks nice, but how do I get to the point where I can understand how to use it? I have also looked at the Smarty site , but their documents assume significant experience in b

RE: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Bob McConnell
From: Bastien Koert > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Bob McConnell wrote: > > From: Virgilio Quilario > >> That looks nice, but how do I get to the point where I can understand > >> how to use it? > >> > >> I have also looked at the Smarty site

RE: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Marc Christopher Hall
McConnell [mailto:r...@cbord.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:06 AM To: Virgilio Quilario Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques From: Virgilio Quilario >> That looks nice, but how do I get to the point where I can understand >> how to use it?

Re: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Bastien Koert
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Bob McConnell wrote: > From: Virgilio Quilario > >> That looks nice, but how do I get to the point where I can understand > >> how to use it? > >> > >> I have also looked at the Smarty site , but > >> their documents assume significant exp

RE: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Bob McConnell
From: Virgilio Quilario >> That looks nice, but how do I get to the point where I can understand >> how to use it? >> >> I have also looked at the Smarty site , but >> their documents assume significant experience in building and using >> templates. >> >> Where can I find gu

Re: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-19 Thread Virgilio Quilario
> That looks nice, but how do I get to the point where I can understand > how to use it? > > I have also looked at the Smarty site , but > their documents assume significant experience in building and using > templates. > > Where can I find guidance or tutorials on how to do

Re: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-18 Thread Thodoris
That looks nice, but how do I get to the point where I can understand how to use it? I have also looked at the Smarty site , but their documents assume significant experience in building and using templates. Where can I find guidance or tutorials on how to do all of thi

RE: [PHP] Smarty Tips and Techniques

2009-03-18 Thread Bob McConnell
That looks nice, but how do I get to the point where I can understand how to use it? I have also looked at the Smarty site , but their documents assume significant experience in building and using templates. Where can I find guidance or tutorials on how to do all of this,