Separate HTML from the PHP code

[Paul Spencer]

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And that, in effect, is what Chameleon does for mapserver.  Application
design can be accomplished (and is on a daily basis) by web-savvy
developers with no php knowledge, while the functionality is controlled
by php-mapscript developers with no design sense ;)

http://chameleon.maptools.org/

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Cheers

Paul

Pierre GIRAUD wrote:
> You'll have to use what is called "templates".
> To be simple, a template is a HTML like file in which some variable
> parts are parsed by a php code.
>
> Smarty, phpLib or EasyTemplate (http://et.geomaticien.com/) are some
> template engines.
> You'll find more information and examples on each documentation.
>
> The best reason to use templates (seperate HTML from the php code) is
> to get the design and the programming code well seperated. That way
> you will easily be able to confide the look of your website to a
> designer that don't understand anything to php coding.
>
> Regards
>
> Pierre GIRAUD
>
> On 5/19/05, Philippe Gondek <philippe.gondek at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi list,
>>
>>I have made any tests with PHP/Mapscript, and I want now to begin with
>>a good base. I read it's better to separate HTML from the PHP code.
>>But I don't know how.
>>
>>Must I have the fucntion in my .php file and call this fucntion in my
>>.phtml file with the tags <? ?>    ???
>>
>>Can I have a little example with one function...
>>
>>Thank you...
>>
>
>
>

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