Re: [PHP Template] dynamic blocks

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Dan Libby wrote:
> So they are already going to see the variable names when viewing static html.
> {foo}.  What is so wrong with also seeing the dynamic declarations?
> 
> The only viable alternative I see is angle brackets, but having used such a
> system, I can say that it gets *very* confusing, when you start having things
> like:
> 
> <section: link>
> <a href="<link>"><font face="<fontface>" size="<fontsize>"
> color="<fontcolor>"><linktext></font></a>
> </section: link>
> 
> compare that to:
> 
> {section: link}
> <a href="{link}"><font face="{fontface}" size="{fontsize}"
> color="{fontcolor}">{linktext}</font></a>
> {/section: link}
> 
> I think that whatever we decide, it should be consistent between variables,
> sections, and any other tokens we decide to use, such as ifs.
> 
> Note, I actually prefer "{{" to "{" because it means that people won't need to
> escape single "{", which are a more common occurrence.

I actually agree with Dan here. I don't like mixing template language
with HTML - it's just messy, and then you have a different convention
for printing vars using $. I think using {{ and }} for everything should
be fine.

-Andrei