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Posted by Evan Wagner on 07/29/05 21:16
{quote =Jonathan} I always call the .php page and associated .tpl file
the EXACT same thing.{/quote}
Yeah, that saves brain power bigtime. I hate having to search through
a large smarty template for the page I need. It looks like i'll be
having a file for each page now lol. But i'll still keep just one
parser file. I like 1 parser file because there's not a lot of code
and it's easy to navigate that way.
On 7/29/05, Jonathan Villa <jvilla@innovativesource.net> wrote:
>
>
> typically, my pages look like this
>
> if page is called main.php:
>
>
> function doSomething(){
> $name='Jonathan';
> $smarty->assign('name',$name);
> }
>
> $smarty->display('header.tpl');
> $smarty->display('main.tpl');
> $smarty->display('footer.tpl');
>
> you can even do
>
> $smarty->display('header.tpl');
> $smarty->display('subnavigation.tpl');
> $smarty->display('main.tpl');
> $smarty->display('footer.tpl');
>
> granted that your HTML is consistent... i.e.
>
> in header.tpl you would do
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title></title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <table>
> <tr>
> <td>
>
>
> and in footer.tpl you would do
>
>
> </td>
> </tr>
> </table>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> I always call the .php page and associated .tpl file the EXACT same thing..
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -Jonathan
>
> <quote who="Evan Wagner">
> > That's an interesting method. I like all my logic/functions in one
> > file. I hate dealing with a bunch of files. I do see an advantage to
> > having multiple template files because it would allow me to edit
> > things faster.
> >
> > Once again this brings up a question of how to handle <head> only
> > elements that would go into the script before <body> where you would
> > typically include a page into a template. I know you can declare
> > another <head> but that's not going to be very good in the eyes of a
> > validator script.
> >
> > Maybe two templates per pages. One for head and one for body. I hate
> > repeating code lol
> >
> > On 7/29/05, Jonathan Villa <jvilla@innovativesource.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Personally, I have 2 files for every viewable file... the .php file which contains
> >> all of my logic for that action/page and the template (.tpl) which renders my
> >> page.
> >> the .php page does the neccessary $smarty->assign() or $smarty->register_object,
> >> etc...
> >>
> >> I like this method because my pages don't get consumed with code/logic.... the
> >> code/logic on the page is specific for the action... and the .tpl only renders...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -Jonathan
> >>
> >> <quote who="Evan Wagner">
> >> > I've been using Smarty for a couple years now. Recently I've
> >> > questioned my method of separating Logic and Presentation and have
> >> > come up with two ways to solve it.
> >> >
> >> > Current Setup:
> >> >
> >> > 1 Parser file: index.php (Calls upon functions to run for pages via
> >> > _GET variables)
> >> >
> >> > 1 Functions file: This file contains all functions used in the application
> >> >
> >> > 1 template file: index.tpl in the templates directory. This template
> >> > file contains logic within itself such as {if $smarty.get.action
> >> > =="page"} Do Page {/if}
> >> >
> >> > This current situation doesn't seem pragmatic to me.
> >> >
> >> > ALTERNATIVES:
> >> >
> >> > Alternative 1:
> >> >
> >> > 1 Parser file: index.php for example to handle the different _GET
> >> > variables and tell smarty to parse a different template file for each
> >> > _GET page.
> >> >
> >> > 1 Functions File: Contains all functions used in application
> >> >
> >> > Numerous Template Files: The parser file will call upon
> >> > templates/page.tpl as defined in the parser file and for consistency
> >> > of layout I would use {include header.tpl} and {include footer.tpl} in
> >> > each page. This reduces the amount of logic in the template file and
> >> > reduces size of template file.
> >> >
> >> > Alternative 2:
> >> >
> >> > 1 Parser file: index.php will handle all the _GET page logic to call
> >> > upon correct functions via the different _GET variables.
> >> >
> >> > 1 Function file: Contains all functions of application
> >> >
> >> > 1 Primary layout template that will have logic in if such as this:
> >> > {if $smarty.get.action =="page"} {include page.tpl} {/if}
> >> > This still includes logic but reduces the complexity of the template
> >> > by minimizing visible code.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > OVERVIEW:
> >> >
> >> > I theory I think Alternative1 is better than Alternative2 because it
> >> > reduces the logic within the template. Basically keeps your template
> >> > from doing as much logic as it's better to separate your logic and
> >> > presentation.
> >> >
> >> > What do you guys think?
> >> >
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