Re: RFC: Removing PHP tags
Hi:
sorry for say that, but the only benifit I can see, is save 5+ characters...
thanks
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Klaus Silveira <[email protected]> wrote:
> What many people fail to see is that PHP is it's own templating language.
> It might be ugly for people used to other template languages, but it works
> perfectly and right out of the box.
>
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Klaus Silveira <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Removing PHP's native feature of being able to be easily embedded inside
>> HTML and other markup languages is absolutely retrograde. Of of the biggest
>> points in favor of PHP is that i'm able to easily do this:
>>
>> <ul>
>> <?php foreach ($stuff as $item): ?>
>> <li><?php echo $item ?></li>
>> <?php endforeach; ?>
>> </ul>
>>
>> Or this:
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" ?>
>> <store>
>> <?php foreach ($stuff as $item): ?>
>> <product><?php echo $item ?></product>
>> <?php endforeach; ?>
>> </store>
>>
>> Without having to implement any slow-as-hell template language. It works
>> right out of the box. Using MVC as an argument for tag removal is a clear
>> disrespect to the language itself.
>>
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