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01-17-2011, 08:01 AM

[eluser]elambert[/eluser]
I am new to CI and had a question about Views. Should I create them using HTML and just embed the CI calls as needed or should they be created completely with CI/PHP calls?

For example, it is better to create a view like this:

echo "<html><head><title>Newsletter Signup</title></head><body class='" . $bodyclass . "'>";
echo form_open('do/send',array("id" => "newsletter_signup_form"));
echo "<div class='form_data'>";
echo form_label("Email:", "email");
echo form_input(array("name" => "Email"));
echo "</div>";
echo form_submit("submit", "Signup");
echo form_close();
echo "</body></html>";

OR like this:

<html>
<head>
<title>Newsletter Signup</title>
</head>
<body class="<?= $bodyclass ?>">
<form action="newsletter/signup" id="newsletter_signup_form">
<div class="form_data">
<label for="email">Email:</label>
<input type="text" name="email">
</div>
<input type="submit" value="Signup">
</form>
</body>
</html>

What are the pros and cons of each method? Is there a performance hit with the second method? How about error handling? Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks

01-18-2011, 12:20 AM

[eluser]John_Betong[/eluser]
The second script is easier to read.

Nicked from
http://derekallard.com
 
 

http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/use...neral.html
 
 
 

01-18-2011, 12:33 AM

[eluser]Roy MJ[/eluser]
The second one will work fine as thats the method used by all i guess..

01-18-2011, 06:09 AM

[eluser]elambert[/eluser]
Nick / Roy, Thank you both for your feedback and for the development guidlines link.