[Typo3-dev] Smarty integration

[Dominic Stockdale]

I have to agree with Ingmar that I'm not sure what the point of 
integrating Smarty would be but have a look at the extension repository 
someone appears to have just done it.

- Dom

Ingmar Schlecht wrote:
> Hi Bart,
> 
> Bart Veldhuizen wrote:
> 
>> - While I feel that this is within my reach, I run into some problems 
>> because most of the core functions of Typo generate full HTML instead 
>> of 'clean' content structures. For example, in 
>> class.tslib_content::IMGTEXT(), I would like to receive the 'bare' 
>> data, unmixed with HTML. 
> 
> 
> Yes, IMGTEXT() produces hardcoded HTML. So why use IMGTEXT() at all?
> You should better use IMG_RESOURCE(), it simply returns the image file 
> name.
> 
>> Alternatively, are there any plans to further separate content and 
>> presentation?
> 
> 
> See Dan's ObTS http://typo3.org/1427+M553dd386840.0.html for a new 
> approach on this.
> 
>> - Does my Smarty approach make sense, or have I completely missed the 
>> concept of TypoScript and should I just study a bit longer?
> 
> 
> Well... I must admit I think it doesn't make much sense, but I would 
> love to see you prove me wrong :)
> 
>> - Are there any Smarty integration projects going on already?
> 
> 
> No, but Kasper and Robert are currently programming some other cool 
> things to make developing templates easier.
> 
> - Ingmar
>