Separating PHP and HTML

[dgrinberg]

I have read in many different articles about separating you server script and HTML. But I have never come accross a good article that explains a good way to go about it.

I am an OO programmer and find that my PHP is quite separate from the HTML but there is still a fair bit of PHP in the HTML.(and I build some HTML in PHP)

Has anyone got links to some good articles, or have you got any good ideas on how to keep them separate??

[ame12]

Templates are what are generally recommended to really separate presentation from coding. If you go here:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/

and scroll down, you'll see several articles on templating approaches.

That being said, I think true separation is rarely achieved because of conditionals, loops and other flow control constructs that are so handy to use in PHP. The key I guess is to minimize these and call out to functions or methods that are required/included so that the HTML is as uncluttered as possible.

Dave

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