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10-01-2009, 03:42 AM

[eluser]Gwarrior[/eluser]
I've been using CodeIgniter for well over a year now and somehow I've managed to never notice the built-in Template Parser class. After taking a look at it, it's like Smarty built-in!

So my question is, how many of you swear by it and are there any significant performance drops when using it?

Thanks!

10-01-2009, 04:11 AM

[eluser]rogierb[/eluser]
I've used it on some project when it suited my needs. It is rather lightweight. I didn't notice any mentionable performance drops. Even when parsing 40 or 50 pages (A4 size html for printing) it is still fairly fast.

10-01-2009, 10:45 AM

[eluser]Eric Barnes[/eluser]
I personally would love to use it but for me it never suited a project. If it would just include a simple if / else then I would imagine it would get a lot more use.

10-02-2009, 01:03 AM

[eluser]rogierb[/eluser]
I use if/else statements with the parser.
<code>
if("{some_var}"!="")
</code>

Works like a charm.

And yes, this is php not templating... but hey, it works.

10-02-2009, 08:35 AM

[eluser]Eric Barnes[/eluser]
Very cool. I never thought of doing it that way. Big Grin

10-02-2009, 03:11 PM

[eluser]sophistry[/eluser]
"Smarty was a friend of mine. CI Template Parser, you are no Smarty." - WRT, Sen. Althouse

don't make the mistake thinking CI Template Parser is like Smarty; it's not.

i've used both and now i just use PHP native template style. it's pretty easy - it's even easy to explain. if you use short tags, and you get all of PHP should you need it. with Smarty I was always twisting myself up in smarty-syntax, with the template parser, i was always "prepping" things to get them perfectly arranged in the controller.

here's a rundown of "PHP native template" (copied from this old post http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/102566/#517530:
-------------------------------
just turn on short tags and tell the client you found a good template parser. i wrote the documentation for you below. :-)

the syntax is very simple (and supports what you want - if and foreach)):
<? to start template tag,
?> to end template tag,
to display template variable use echo keyword,

example: <? echo $variable ?>

<? if($variable_to_test): ?> to start conditional,
<? endif; ?> to end conditional,

example: <? if($is_true): ?>

<? foreach($list as $item): ?> to start loop,
<? echo $item ?> inside loop
<? endforeach; ?> to end loop

in the controller...(developer will edit this)

Code:
function template()

    {

        $d['title']='this is a title';

        $d['heading1']='this is a heading one';

        $d['variable']='this is a variable.';

        $d['rand_variable']='this is a variable to show at random.';

        $d['show'] = rand(0,1);

        $d['list'] = array('list item 1', 'list item 2', 'list item 3');

        $this->load->view('tester',$d);

    }

in the view (user will edit this)

Code:
&lt;html&gt;

&lt;head&gt;

    &lt;title&gt;&lt;? echo $title ?&gt;&lt;/title&gt;

&lt;/head&gt;

&lt;body&gt;

<h1>&lt;? echo $heading1 ?&gt;</h1>

&lt;? echo $variable ?&gt;<br />

&lt;? if($show): ?&gt;

    &lt;? echo $rand_variable ?&gt;

&lt;? else: ?&gt;

    This will print if the random variable is not shown on this page load - refresh page.

&lt;? endif; ?&gt;

<br />

<ol>

&lt;? foreach($list as $item): ?&gt;

    <li>&lt;? echo $item ?&gt;</li>

&lt;? endforeach; ?&gt;

</ol>

&lt;/body&gt;

&lt;/html&gt;

EDIT: you could even do it with short tags

Code:
&lt;html&gt;

&lt;head&gt;

    &lt;title&gt;&lt;?=$title?&gt;&lt;/title&gt;

&lt;/head&gt;

&lt;body&gt;

<h1>&lt;?=$heading1?&gt;</h1>

&lt;?=$variable?&gt;<br />

&lt;? if($show): ?&gt;

    &lt;?=$rand_variable?&gt;

&lt;? else: ?&gt;

    This will print if the random variable is not shown on this page load - refresh page.

&lt;? endif; ?&gt;

<br />

<ol>

&lt;? foreach($list as $item): ?&gt;

    <li>&lt;?=$item?&gt;</li>

&lt;? endforeach; ?&gt;

</ol>

&lt;/body&gt;

&lt;/html&gt;