Smarty

modifiedcontent · Smarty n00b Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 3

This is probably the wrong forum to ask...

I want to combine several php scripts in one site. I don't know PHP, but I do know html and CSS. I prefer stripped down layouts, no tables, no more div's than necessary, etc. Functionality is more important to me than form.

Smarty templating makes PHP scripts much more complicated and heavy than they have to be and makes them much harder to integrate. Even basics like replacing headers and footers are usually impossible to pull of because the .tpl files don't allow php includes and I can't just replace them entirely because they're full of "required" code.

How can I strip smarty templating from PHP scripts?

Now when I need a script I try to look for scripts that don't use (smarty) template engines, but they become almost impossible to avoid. It's a huge annoyance.

shannera · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:59 am Post subject:

To strip out the functionality and replace it with pure inline PHP code, you need at least a little more than basic knowledge of PHP and the knowledge what smarty does and what advantages it has (that you don't seem to have, looking at your critiques - in fact, the HTML templates with the special markup should be very easy to understand for HTML writers, as did the HTML writer girls in my last company - because they had absolutely nothing to do with the PHP scripts behind the templates). So best is get yourself a PHP coder that does the real coding for you and understands how to really utilize Smarty.

modifiedcontent · Smarty n00b Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 3

toma · Smarty Regular Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 62

Riiiight. You see, smarty separates php & html. Have you tried only modifying the html templates yet? You may be able to format them to your mindivless approach without touching the smarty/php side.

boots · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:45 am Post subject:

You certainly don't sound like you want to use Smarty. Why tell us about it? Please don't troll.

modifiedcontent · Smarty n00b Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 3

toma · Smarty Regular Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 62

I'd like to apologize on behalf of the forums for our disappointing tally of only one insulting comment.

Your mother writes SGML!

boots · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:49 pm Post subject:

Hi.

Smarty is removable from scripts -- but removing it is not on/off switch operation because undoubtedly, Smarty is being used by those scripts to implement functionality that will have to be replaced. The thick of it is that we only provide a library. We don't put Smarty into people's code and we don't have any say on how they use or misuse it. Contact the authors of the offending scripts if you want to know how to replace the functionality that they are providing through Smarty. We can not (and do not) answer questions here about scripts that we did not write.

I won't comment anymore on your venting except to say that your opinion is duly noted as well as to ask you to please refrain from making such comments in this venue. Elsewhere on the net you will undoubtedly find many places to bash Smarty and whatever other tools you find against your taste. Of course, if you have some constructive comments to make, they would be welcome here. (That goes for everyone, please!)

Regards.