From: Justin Collins <collinsj@...>
Date: 2006-10-18T08:04:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting away from the old php code

Marc Heiler wrote:
> Hello,
>
>   How can i embed ruby code into a html page,
>   like php code, without using erb, nor
>   its IMO slightly ugly syntax? (I am
>   using Apache2.)
>
>   - Yes, I want to do this.
>
>   Basically what I'd like to do is replace
>   my old php scripts, which are in part
>   embedded, in part just simple html
>   generators. I figured that the
>   stuff that has to be rewritten in ruby
>   would be a lot easier to maintain and
>   extend, than continuing with
>   php (on webstuff). But I like to keep
>   the "embedded" logic simple as it
>   currently is. Ruby simply is
>   a much better language than php.
>
>
>   No, I dont need rails - i need a hammer
>   for my nail, not a hovering tank to shoot
>   down the whole building (read as:
>   complexity). :-)
>   

Why not use erb (or eruby)? The syntax is pretty much the same as PHP, 
except with "<%" instead of "<?"
If you are really against it, though, you can google around for some 
other web templating tools. I know several exist, but I've always been 
fine with eruby.

-Justin