Best way to output HTML from PHP
am 28.01.2008 17:13:29 von bizt
Hi,
When I create a website in php I may have a page called products.php.
This script will contain any code required to produce a list of
products and build them into an array of objects perhaps. At the
bottom of the script I would have the following:
include_once('template.products.php');
This page will be the HTML with embedded PHP to output the list of
products:
This appears very similar to something like Smarty exept I prefer to
have the use of objects and their methods when using the template.
Also I read an article on it that made a point that Smarty doesnt
really do much more than PHP as a template engine (as my above example
demonstrates).
Now XSLT is something I dont really have a lot of practical experience
in. I know how to create an XSL file but how is it best used in PHP.
Should the XSL be used to output a whole HTML page ... or
just simple a table or something. I would have to convert my data to
XML to perform the transformation and this just seems like an extra
process required from my own technique. XSLT has been around for a bit
now and it would seem with the added support for it in PHP5 it is very
useful
Anyway, the point of this post is just to get peoples opinions on
outputting the front end of a page. My technique of using PHP for
templating works well for me but I may be wrong in other
circumstanses. Any guidance on this area would be much appreciated
Cheers
Burnsy
Re: Best way to output HTML from PHP
am 29.01.2008 02:52:34 von Jerry Stuckle
bizt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I create a website in php I may have a page called products.php.
> This script will contain any code required to produce a list of
> products and build them into an array of objects perhaps. At the
> bottom of the script I would have the following:
>
> include_once('template.products.php');
>
> This page will be the HTML with embedded PHP to output the list of
> products:
>
>
>
> This appears very similar to something like Smarty exept I prefer to
> have the use of objects and their methods when using the template.
> Also I read an article on it that made a point that Smarty doesnt
> really do much more than PHP as a template engine (as my above example
> demonstrates).
>
Not just Smarty - very common, even if you're not using templates. I
regularly include things like this - especially when they're being used
on multiple pages.
> Now XSLT is something I dont really have a lot of practical experience
> in. I know how to create an XSL file but how is it best used in PHP.
> Should the XSL be used to output a whole HTML page ... or
> just simple a table or something. I would have to convert my data to
> XML to perform the transformation and this just seems like an extra
> process required from my own technique. XSLT has been around for a bit
> now and it would seem with the added support for it in PHP5 it is very
> useful
>
What do you need XSLT for, anyway? Do you have a specific need?
As for what to output - it all depends on the circumstances. If the
code is always going to be a full page, and never have anything else on
that page, go ahead and put the ... code in there. But
that limits your reuse.
Remember - the biggest advantage of include files is reusability.
Include too much and you limit that reusability.
> Anyway, the point of this post is just to get peoples opinions on
> outputting the front end of a page. My technique of using PHP for
> templating works well for me but I may be wrong in other
> circumstanses. Any guidance on this area would be much appreciated
>
> Cheers
>
> Burnsy
>
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