what is the best choice when programming with php?

zurron

I have a big doubt... what is better? to have html files with php embebed? to have php scripts and echoing the html? or html and php apart and to load the html with the php script?

thanks for any advise..

trexx

i would strongly recommend to seperate view and logic. if you want a proper solution, you'll need something like a template framework...
IMHO embedding php in html is as bad as echoing html in php :rolleyes:

jpmoriarty

IMHO embedding php in html is as bad as echoing html in php

...interesting. Could you post some examples of your dynamic web pages that avoid using php in html and html in php? and explain why it's a bad thing?

trexx

i could attach my template-engine if you like... g it consists of some classes and a few mysql-tables. the idea behind it was to do something XML/XSL like. but the rendering mechanism is far easier.

the templates are html only, but they contain some slots (placeholders) for dynamic content.

so my php-code just creates the data and calls the right templates.

you could change the complete look of the site just by changing the templates. even somebody with no PHP knowledge at all could do this.

was that explanation enough? :rolleyes: