munki

A lot of schools of thought on this one...

Here's my take.

Good code is good code, bad code is bad code... and there's a shitload of variance in between.

Strip your function pages from your layout pages... That's just retard mode basics.

Beyond that if a templating system such as smartys is going to allow you better cache/delivery options (a lot of subsequent db calls, looping code, whatever), and quicker updates use it... If per the project it's not a necessity, why code for shit that doesn't need to be coded for?

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