[TYPO3-content-rendering] Extension PHPTAL - Another way to cleanup extension code from extreme rendering code

[Michiel Roos]

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:15:54 +0200, Sven Wilhelm wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I just uploaded the PHPTAL template system to the repository.
> 
> Why PHPTAL?
> 
> I will use this system as my template system of choice for all xhtml/xml 
> rendering stuff now, because it HELPS the developer to write nice code.
> 
> What's wrong with the TYPO3 template system?
> If you write extensions that render to html, xml or any other format you 
> have to write many code with the traditional style TYPO3 template api.
> You have to fill array, substitute them,...
> It's almost a not really nice way of coding.
> 
> PHPTAL mean PHP Template Attribute Language and is a extreme powerful 
> template system that is written on the drafts of ZOPE TAL. There are 
> many other implementations for scripting languages like perl,...
> 
> TAL enriches xml documents with tags that are substituted by setting 
> variables due an api and execute the processing. The use their own 
> namespaces for their attributes.
> 
> I think using the PHPTAL system will reduce the template code inside the 
>   extensions and - that's more important - the code will look much more 
> better.
> 
> If you like to learn more PHPTAL, see [1]
> 
> [1] http://phptal.motion-twin.com/
> 
> Ps: I've packages the version for PHP4

Can you show a side by side example?

Cheers,


Michiel