[FX.php List] PHP Question

[Bob Patin]

> Hmm...

Food for thought; the only thing I do know is that, when viewing a  
page in Dreamweaver, it's easier to see the spots of PHP code  
embedded in the HTML, because Dreamweaver shows the PHP code (in  
design view) as a little icon. So Kevin, perhaps you're right that  
it's easier to keep HTML separate and not use the ECHO command to  
insert HTML unless absolutely necessary...

It's always really enlightening to see an alternate way of doing  
something... leads to new ways of doing things and clearer ideas.  
That's what I like about this particular list; there are some really  
smart PHP guys here...

Bob



>> I don't know why I never thought to use ECHO rather than to move  
>> in and out of PHP code... !
>>
>> This is much more elegant; I'll definitely store this away for  
>> future use...
>>
>>
> That’s an interesting comment Bob. I tend to go the other way – I  
> try as hard as I can to separate data processing logic from both  
> structural and presentational layers. I’ll put all parsing logic at  
> the top of a page, above any HTML code, and try to only drop into  
> PHP when I need to print db data or other logic-based tasks. For  
> example, if I’m not using PHP to write any variables into an  
> element on a page, then (unless I’m using a loop to write out a  
> table) I won’t use PHP to do it.
>
> For my money...
>
> <table>
> <?php
> // code to write out table rows and cells
> ?>
> </table>
>
> ...is cleaner, more elegant and easier to read than needlessly  
> getting PHP to write out HTML elements.
>
> -- 
> Kevin Futter
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