To try to solve that, I try to use include files and functions as much as
possible. That is, have the HTML of the page wrapped around the function,
and if you need to update any PHP code, update the include file. Granted it
is not 100% effective, but I think it currently gives the best option (that
I could think of). Also... I never looked into it in too much detail, but
look into something called FastTemplate... it was mentioned in the Wrox PHP
Programming book.
Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Hokin" <sam@ims.net>
To: <pgsql-php@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: is this list live?
> Heh, I use PHP/Postgres constantly. http://www.royalprestige.com and
> http://www.madisonsource.com are two examples I wrote, you might like to
> add that to your site examples which I vaguely recall existing. I just
> haven't had any Postgres-specific problems to bring up.
>
> However, one BIG issue I'm facing is with revisioning concurrent PHP and
> HTML development. Say one has 5 sites that use the same PHP but have
> different HTML design. How would one apply an update to the PHP on those
5
> sites without touching the HTML? It seems almost impossible since the PHP
> and HTML are so intertwined, you'd at least have to automatically generate
> comments for parsing/replacing. This seems to be a big, untreated issue
in
> server-side scripting in general. Of course, not that many people develop
> multiple sites that use the same PHP code with different HTML, but I do.
>
> Not a Postgres question at all, but perhaps some smart people on this list
> have some ideas. I'll probably post it sometime to the php-general list.
>
> At 13:22 10/17/00 -0300, you wrote:
> >On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Adam Lang wrote:
> >
> > > As I said to someone else.. subscribed over a month ago and my
curiosity
> > > finally made me check to see if I actually was or not. :)
> >
> >there are curently 157 ppl subscribed to this list sort of sitting there
> >quietly ... maybe use of PHP is decreasing? :)