print_html.php

[rhaggert]

lets say all my printing to the browser is in a file called print_html.php
so there are a set of funtions in there like print_xxxx(){}
now, is this bad practice?
i will have functions that print stuff that is considerd public and some private. i will be doing session checking and test uname and pass against a database. so only protected pages will call those print functions that are "private"

thanks for any input

[mikeatrpi]

Why do you think it might be bad practice? I personally like to keep functions separate from the rest of the site, and usually in a separate file. You include print_html.php on your other pages, correct? I don't think you have anything to worry about. Even if a user somehow knew to directly go to print_html.php the output would be empty, since none of the functions would have been presumably called.