edgeimpact wrote:what alternative do we have but to need PHP coding within the TinyMCE HTML Source Editor where we have to provide administrators using secure logon
Wait a second! Do you use TinyMCE as an "online IDE"? This is clearly what TinyMCE is not built for!
edgeimpact wrote:the facility to modify the forms provided with the system
Hello?? Forms only make sense if you can also edit the backend functionality. And again there is a breach of the WYSIWYG principle. If users (aka "admins") can change the backend logic, what do they need TinyMCE for?
In my applications I develop templates (pure HTML files) which get loaded and modified by my backend before the final documents get sent to the browser. Editing those templates in TinyMCE wouldn't make any sense (though it's possible since they contain pure HTML) since the backend relies strongly on their structure.
If you need to offer template editing in TinyMCE I strongly suggest the use of placeholders (which can be beautified using clever CSS) in order to provide ready-made server-side funcionalities in those documents.
edgeimpact wrote:and also to re-insert the form data when the form needs to be redisplayed because of something like a Captcha error has occurred or there is a content validation error
There is nothing my backend couldn't add to any purely HTML-based template. Why would I need PHP code in it?