PHP &amp; HTML

PHP & HTML

Anon

I believe it is faster to break out of a PHP and write your HTML instead of using echo() or print(), but to me it makes it less readable. Many developers say that using templates is the best way to go, but I still feel it makes things less organized, because you have to have an html file, and an action that will replace the tags in the template.

Any comments on the best way to do this?

a) Break out of PHP to print HTML
b) Use tons of echo()'s or print()'s
c) Use templates.

Derek C.

georgen

Use templates and whree you nead break out of php to print html. that my coding style.

knickerlas

Templates.

They're fast, simple and easily maintainable.
Afford yourself the luxury of proper code and presentation seperation and it's only a short step to a 'three tier' application. (code, presentation and content)

Nick

Anon

I use template and echo or print
But unless i really need to just plain html especially when it's a large site save time major time in maintance. Design you own style. that comfortable for you.

IE.
I put the major HTML code inside functions like
<? function html_Start { ?>

and so forth so if I need to make adjustment or update I can refererr to my functions.
Also use requires and include in my templates helps alot

Hope that Helps

Anon

I'am not an expert, but when you use a graphical application (like drw) for the development of sites it is easier to design
when you break out PHP, that way you can see what the page is going to look and make correction. templates are to much complicated and not always used for all the pages.

Anon

A good idea seems to have a template with tags in them like <%sometag%> and save that as an .html file.

And then on the specific page, open that html file and replace the <%tags%> with the content.

This seems like a good idea, but it still makes me think there is more work involved, but POSSIBLY more organized?? Im still not sure...

knickerlas

The point is that once you have set up your template with all of the template vars as you described you wont have to edit possibly hundreds of pages to change a detail like {bgcolor}
You can also set a config file with alll your default template vars like colors, fonts copyrights etc and then only change that to change the entire sites look and feel.
If you really want to give users something you can allow them to have a personal color scheme for example by just changing the relavant template vars.

Nick