Separate Form and Function in PHP Applications with Smarty | Linux Today

Separate Form and Function in PHP Applications with Smarty

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 20, 2007

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“PHP Web applications are a cinch to start. The syntax of the
PHP language is uncluttered and easy to master. You can mix PHP
directly with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS to produce visible results
quickly. And PHP applications are a snap to deploy on your own Web
server or on a hosting service.

“But the ease of mixing PHP and other page markup is also a
liability. PHP code is often a tangled web (no pun intended) of
program logic, Structured Query Language (SQL) queries, functions,
classes, developer comments, HTML, CSS styles, and scripts…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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