[thelist] PHP style question..

[John Corry]

+1, though I'm a total newbie at programming and feel like I'm blindly
feelign my way at times.

I think the idea behind 'dynamic' logic or database driven sites is
ultimately to separate content from style. On a lower level, it gets to
where you're separating logic and functionality from formatting and
presentation.

I way prefer using includes to call common page elements (oooh, putting
inludes in if() blocks is REALLY cool!) than assigning them to variables to
print.

I guess (even though this has never actually happened to me) I'm trying to
set up my sites so that if I ever have to do a graphic redesign, all my code
(or most of it anyway) will still work.

There was a great article about this at PHP Builder a while back...
ah yes, here it is : http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/angus20010304.php3
Reading this stuff makes me feel like a real programmer :)

John Corry
Neon Cowboy Design

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> Separation of presentation from business logic is the goal though: I NEVER
> code HTML mixed with PHP anymore: for any kind of site that's gonna be
> worked on over time, it's just a maintenance nightmare. Checkout template
> engines like PHP FastTemplates - you won't regret it.
> Peter
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