Re: [PHP Template] dynamic blocks

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>

That is a bit confusing, I would definately vote against
using angle brackets for template variables. It might still
work well for template markup though, like so:

<section: name=link>
   <a href="$link"><font face="$fontface" size="$fontsize"
   color="$fontcolor">$linktext</font></a>
</section: name=link>

<if $title != "foo">
   <b>$title</b>
<else>
   <b>none</b>
</if>

Combine proper indenting helps keep things readable, like
any HTML. Add syntax highlighting to your text editor to
really make a nice programming/designing environment.

I still like the idea of giving attribute names (name=link in this
example)
so we can keep it flexible and easy to parse.

> compare that to:
> 
> {section: link}
> <a href="{link}"><font face="{fontface}" size="{fontsize}"
> color="{fontcolor}">{linktext}</font></a>
> {/section: link}


This works too, its a new tag for the designer to
learn, but usable. again, maybe name attributes like so:

{section: name=link}
   <a href="{link}"><font face="{fontface}" size="{fontsize}"
   color="{fontcolor}">{linktext}</font></a>
{/section: name=link}

{if: {title} != "foo"}
	<b>{title}</b>
{else:}
	<b>none</b>
{/if}


Monte