Re: [PHP3] Re: [PHP Template] Re: [PHP3] PHP Template Engine spec revision 0.52

On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, John Coggeshall wrote:
> No... remember what the point of templates are... to separate the PHP code
> from the HTML code... yes.. I know I am creating HTML code with PHP code
> but the point is that I can completely design a layout in pure HTML with
> placemarkers, repeating blocks for tables of data, etc. completely,
> without another language and without forcing designers to learn even the
> most basic PHP Syntax.... a Designer could design an entire site that is
> just as powerful as any template language could be. It's the developers
> job to deal with logic blocks -- not a designers

I understand what you're talking about. You can do this exact same thing
with the template engine that I'm proposing. You simply use variable
substitution and that's it. Nothing more. No one is _forcing_ you to use
conditionals or sections or other stuff. It's all optional.

-Andrei
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