Posted by Piotr on 05/06/07 10:30

alvarojaviervera@gmail.com napisał(a):
> Im programer (about 2 years ago I started), and allways I use PEAR.
> and Now I was thinking about change my tool for building custom
> dynamic sites.
> What do you think sholud be better Smarty, may be Pear or another one?
> Why?
> I need your comments and experience. Thanks 4 your time.
>
> Alvaro J Vera Alvarado
> VNC SFE.-
>

If you need templating system, SMARTY is for sure 1. in terms of
stability and community. It's also well documented.
Major downsides are:
- syntax is not really php alike, so you have to learn it
- slow compilation

Best feature in SMARTY imho is caching.

If you need alternatives,
take a look at http://opt.openpb.net/
it's way faster then SMARTY, no need to learn new syntax,
has cashing and many usefull features.

Piotr

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