FastTemplate vs coding ?

[nightowl]

What would be the advantage of using FastTemplate ?

I am wondering why I "should" use FastTemplate instead of defining a function "head()" which prints the heading for the page (containing the title, the left table cell which hold the site structure etc), and one function "footer()" which prints the end-statements (for the table etc). I do it like that now. However, the projects needs to be re-build so I want to do it right now!

What's the advantage of using FastTemplate? Now, I can (in the head()) set a link to a stylesheet, use tags like <h1> and change the look of them with the CSS, I can define new tags in CSS etc. Off course, some tags don't like to be replaced (there doesn't seem to exist a good tag for building a title in a box automatically), but that can be circumvented with a new function, like title($titlename).

You get the point? What's the use of FastTemplate? Will it really make my life easier?

Thanks for all comments which might follow!

[toma42]

It allows people with 0 understanding of php to modify the html with little chance of damage and makes moving html easy with no code changes.

There are many templating scripts...I prefer phplib templates...you may want to look into a bunch before deciding on which to use.

[nightowl]

Thanks for the answer.

However, I do the coding and design both myself. I get your point, but it seems to me like a whole lot of work : designing templates for each and every piece of your code.

Let's suppose that I have a template which defines the left tablecell with the menu (like here on phpbuilder) and that I define the right part as {title} <br> {Content}. There is no fixed method for content. Can I easily insert a table based on a template ?