Re: [PHP Template] Revised proposal

[email protected] (Dan Libby) Thu, 17 Feb 2000 15:33:06 -0800
Newsgroups php.template
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I like it specifically because it is familiar to those who know html, and it has
the same semantics -- if not found, display alt text.

-dan

Monte Ohrt wrote:

> Dan Libby wrote:
> >
> > my system actually had an alt="value" tag for unknowns.  So for example:
> >
> > Welcome to {{sitename alt="Mysite.com"}}
> >
>
> This may be bit confusing to a designer, as "alt" already has a
> set meaning in HTML. Maybe another attribute name? (default?)
>
> > I think it is a pretty clean way of handling it in the templates without any
> > code changes required.  There was also an option to autohide an entire
> > section if it contained unknowns with no alt attributes.  This is useful for
> > example to hide a table when no results are returned.
> >
> > -dan