[UPHPU] Template engines

[Wade Preston Shearer]

> I'd be interested to hear from any graphic artists out there what they
> see as the pros and cons of template engines in general, and Smarty in
> particular.  Are these templates easier for an artist to work with
> than the equivalent PHP code?

First, define artist. If you really mean just an artist (someone who  
designs but does not code), then it is irrelevant. If you mean a  
front end developer, then yes, having the display separated from the  
business (a tempting system) make development significantly easier.  
Don't waste your resources on SMARTY though. Use PHP.

Or, if I have misunderstood and what you are really asking is if  
SMARTY's syntax is easier than PHP, then the answer is no, it's  
harder. SMARTY's syntax is stupid. Why implement another language and  
layer into your system and server. If your front end developer has to  
learn a language, teach him PHP. He doesn't have to know much more  
than how to look and echo how vars, but why do it in something other  
than PHP? That is what PHP was designed for.

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