PHP Template

PHP itself is a powerful language... and very powerful for templating too! Why to start to reinvent the wheel, when you could just use PHP by itself as a templating language? Besides, you already know PHP, so why should I say to you that now you need to learn new language? This templating class makes it a bit easier to write alternative php syntax into templates.

Example template

{/* This is a comment. */}
Hello, {#$name}!<br />
{for($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++):}
	Iteration {=$i}<br />
{endfor}
{Tpl::incl('%path%/relative/path/to/template.tpl')}

So what does it do?

Basically only thing it does, is replacing {foobar} to <?php foobar; ?>. There's also a rule, that if there is any whitespace or line ending right after opening bracket, it will be not parsed. This way you can write JS code into templates and templating engine will not screw it up.

Ordinary echoing works like {=$blah}, escaped echo syntax is {#$blah}. (Remember it this way that equal sign is striped over - making it safe)

It also provides some keywords for your template:

• %tpl% - template path and filename (Ex: tpl/main.tpl)
• %path% - template's path (Ex: tpl)
• %file% - template's file name (Ex: main.tpl)

And for last, you have $this available, that points to current template's PHP object.

Templates are compiled into PHP files, so it can take advantage of every kind of PHP accelerator for speed. Eventually, what you will see on screen, will be generated by native PHP code. Compiling is quick and simple and after the file is compiled, it just executes compiled, native PHP code.

I want to add some function to use in template

Just create function in php, and use it. Lets make a function and put it in our index file for example:

function money($fNum)
{
	//My version of monetary value display
	return number_format($fNum, 2, ".", " ");
}

And now, in templates:

{=$fPrice} {/* Ordinary float echo */}
{=money($fPrice)} {/* My way of displaying monetary value */}

Like said before, it really is just php by itself.

Licence

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Joonatan Uusväli

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