Re: [Phplib-users] [Fwd: [phplib] general template question]

[Richard A. <rh...@ju...>]

At 11:52 PM -0700 13/8/01, Philip Strnad wrote:

>> supposed to be, but I have one question:  does anyone use Template for
>> dynamic pages or do most of you use it to "write" HTML files that are
>> then served statically?

Template's real strength is in simplifying the handling of dynamic
pages. it allows you to write PHP code that contains no HTML -- it's
all in the template files.

Of course with *really* complex pages it can be a lot of work to get
*all* HTML out of the code, and you'll have to decide when to stop
based on a cost/benefit analysis.

The best thing though is that when the boss decides to redesign the
site all you have to do is re-jig your template files. In theory!


>>  Is there a performance impact in opening a
>> template file everytime a page that uses the Template class is
>> requested?

I think you'll find the overhead from templates is a lot lower than the
overhead from other aspects of your dynamic pages. For example, a call
to preg_replace is much cheaper than the cost of bringing up a database
connection.

Only way to tell for sure is to try it and see :)

If you do run some performance figures, be sure to post them back to
the list... that always generates a lot of interest.

 ...R.