[UPHPU] Template systems

[John David Anderson]

On May 3, 2007, at 11:20 AM, Jared Stevens wrote:

> Hey all -
> I'm sure this has been discussed before,  but I want to freshen the  
> debate. I've used Smarty for a while, but I've often wondered if  
> there is anything better out there in the world of PHP. I've  
> briefly used a library called Phastplate, but it seems like  
> development isn't going anymore on that. I can't find the homepage  
> for it on the web either.
>
> The main thing I like about Smarty is its ability to do formating  
> and stuff on the fly, as well as the way it can handle arrays. Once  
> I got the scripting language down, it was really convenient. I also  
> like how you can use QuickForm together with Smarty and format  
> forms and stuff.

I like developing using the MVC software design pattern. That gives  
you the best separation and modularity, and you can often have a  
templating/view layer that is written just in PHP rather than some  
extra pseudo-language you have to learn (like Smarty's tags).

-- John