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04-26-2012, 11:15 AM

[eluser]bretticus[/eluser]
I think the debate is valid. For me, what draws the line on whether I use a helper function (or out-right PHP functions) in a view is whether the function is used for layout purposes. I don't have a problem with converting data with a function in a view for formatting tweaks.

For example:

Code:
&lt;html&gt;

&lt;!-- ... --&gt;

&lt;?php foreach($events as $event): ?&gt;

&lt;?= $event->name ?&gt; &lt;?= date('m/d/Y g:i:s', strtotime($event->datetime)) ?&gt;

&lt;?php endforeach; ?&gt;

If the designer knows a little PHP code (the designer is often me in this scenario anyways) he or she can tweak the layout a little even.