Re: [phplib] Conditional blocks From: Zakaria (zak_mail <email protected>)
Date: 07/22/00

The problem with include() is they print the HTML right away not like template
they let you print the HTML at later time or not to print it at all.

If there is away to parse the php file and get the output in string
I think that will be great and we could dump all those Template thing.

Maybe some php function like this
list($status, $header, $output) = execute("file.php");
where :
 $status is the status of execute (there is error/not)
 $header is the header (if there is any)
 $output is the output

BTW I just downloaded your EnzymeTemplate and try it out but I stuck
in the following error:

comment-demo/demo5.php3
-----------------------
Database error: Invalid SQL: SELECT DISTINCT cid FROM comment WHERE comment.pid = %s;
MySQL Error: 1064 (You have an error in your SQL syntax near '%s;' at line 1)
Session halted.

orig-demo/demo1.php3
--------------------
Database error: Invalid SQL: SELECT DISTINCT * FROM user WHERE user.userid = %s;
MySQL Error: 1064 (You have an error in your SQL syntax near '%s;' at line 1)
Session halted.

I use php 4.0.0 if it's matters.

Eric Ries wrote:
>
> For those that are interested in this question, I happen to think that the
> right thing to do is a hybrid of these approaches. PHP *is* a templating
> language in the first place. Kristian once pointed this out to me, and we
> discussed how funny it is to implemented a templating language within PHP.
>
> Therefore, I think the right thing to do is to use templates that are
> actual PHP include files, and which can be include()ed at will. These
> template files should not mix PHP and HTML, they should use a clean
> template-like interface for fetching it. I have built a library that allows
> you to do this in an object-oriented way. So, although you can have more
> complex PHP if you want, usually you just do things like:
>
> <? $this->show( "foobar" ) ?>
>
> Since show() is a function call, you can have it do some basic logic and
> text processing for you. Further, if you want, you can also do something
> contsructs like this:
>
> <? if( $this->foo ): ?>
> <? $this->show( "bar" ) ?>
> <? endif; ?>
>
> I have built a relatively large site using this model, and I have found
> that my HTML designers have had no trouble adapting. After all, to them the
> <? ?> is just a normal-looking HTML tag. It even seems to work with GUI
> editors like Dreamweaver.
>
> I call the package EnzymeTemplates, and you can find out more at
> http://enzyme.sourceforge.net
>
> Sorry for the plug, hope you find it useful. I have been playing with
> porting phpSlash to this system, but I'll save the announcement for the
> appropriate list.
>
> Eric

Wassallam,

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