[Eis-devel] Proposal for different template libary

[Tom v. d. B. <tom...@gm...>]

Hi,

I'm reading up on Smarty http://smarty.php.net/ a template library in the
same manner a the current EIS template lib.

I would like to propose to replace the current template lib with the smarty
template library. Its basic usage is almost exactly the same while it also
has more advanced features (See below).
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Some of Smarty's features:*


   -

   It is extremely fast.
   -

   It is efficient since the PHP parser does the dirty work.
   -

   No template parsing overhead, only compiles once.
   -

   It is smart about
recompiling<http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/variable.compile.check.php>only
the template files that have changed.
   -

   You can easily create your own custom
functions<http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.custom.functions.php>and
variable
   modifiers <http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.modifiers.php>, so
   the template language is extremely extensible.
   -

   Configurable template
{delimiter}<http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/variable.left.delimiter.php>tag
syntax, so you can use
   {$foo}, {{$foo}}, <!--{$foo}-->, etc.
   -

   The {if}..{elseif}..{else}..{/if}<http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.function.if.php>constructs
are passed to the PHP parser, so the
   {if...} expression syntax can be as simple or as complex an evaluation
   as you like.
   -

   Allows unlimited nesting of
sections<http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.function.section.php>,
   if's etc.
   -

   It is possible to embed PHP
code<http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.function.php.php>right
in your template files, although this may not be needed (nor
   recommended) since the engine is so
customizable<http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/plugins.php>.

   -

   Built-in caching <http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/caching.php> support

   -

   Arbitrary template<http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/template.resources.php>sources
   -

   Custom cache
handling<http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/section.template.cache.handler.func.php>functions
   -

   Plugin <http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/plugins.php> architecture


Tom.