some example usage of this class

ExampleTemplate.php

@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ public function __toString()
      */
     public function inc($includeTemplatePath, $header = null, $footer = null)
     {
-        echo new Template($includeTemplatePath, $this->templateData, $header, $footer);
+        $class = get_class($this); // in case someone renames this and actually uses it
+        echo new $class($includeTemplatePath, $this->templateData, $header, $footer);
     }    
 }
 

examples/carsTemplate.php

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+<?php foreach($cars as $car) : ?>
+    <p> 
+        make: <?php echo $car['make']; ?> <br />
+        model: <?php echo $car['model']; ?> <br />
+        year: <?php echo $car['year']; ?>
+    </p>
+<?php endforeach; ?>

examples/example1.php

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+<?php
+// using the template with a header & footer
+
+
+// rig up the include_path
+set_include_path(
+    realpath('../') . 
+    PATH_SEPARATOR . 
+    realpath('./')
+);
+
+require_once('ExampleTemplate.php');
+
+// make an array for cars for the template1.php file to spit put
+$cars = array(
+    array('make'  => 'vw',   'model' => 'bug', 'year'  => '1966'),
+    array('make'  => 'audi', 'model' => 'a4',  'year'  => '2009')
+);
+
+// the template files ('template1.php', 'header1.php', 'footer1.php')
+// will all have access to variables called $foo and $cars
+$templateData = array(
+    'foo' => 'howdy',
+    'cars' => $cars
+);
+
+// render the template
+$t = new ExampleTemplate('template1.php', $templateData, 'header1.php', 'footer1.php');
+$t->render();
+
+// get the output of the template as a string
+$stringValueOfTemplate = $t->render(true);
+// var_dump $stringValueOfTemplate to see we captured the output as a string
+var_dump($stringValueOfTemplate);
+
+?>

examples/example2.php

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+<?php
+// using the template with a header & footer AND including another template
+
+// rig up the include_path
+set_include_path(
+    realpath('../') . 
+    PATH_SEPARATOR . 
+    realpath('./')
+);
+
+require_once('ExampleTemplate.php');
+
+// make an array for cars for the template1.php file to spit put
+$cars = array(
+    array('make'  => 'vw',   'model' => 'bug', 'year'  => '1966'),
+    array('make'  => 'audi', 'model' => 'a4',  'year'  => '2009')
+);
+
+// the template files ('template2.php', 'header1.php', 'footer1.php')
+// will all have access to variables called $foo and $cars
+$templateData = array(
+    'foo' => 'howdy',
+    'cars' => $cars
+);
+
+// get the template's output but dont render yet
+$t      = new ExampleTemplate('template2.php', $templateData, 'header1.php', 'footer1.php');
+$output = $t->render(true);
+
+echo $output; // or echo $t would have worked...
+
+?>

examples/footer1.php

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+<hr />
+<div style="text-align: center">i am a footer</div>

examples/footer2.php

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+</div>

examples/header1.php

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+<h1>I am a header file.</h1>
+<p>the value of $foo is <?php echo $foo ?></p>
+<hr />

examples/header2.php

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+<div style="border: 2px solid #666; padding: 10px">

examples/template1.php

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+<p>
+    I am the template file. wuddup???
+</p>
+
+<?php foreach($cars as $car) : ?>
+    <p> 
+        make: <?php echo $car['make']; ?> <br />
+        model: <?php echo $car['model']; ?> <br />
+        year: <?php echo $car['year']; ?>
+    </p>
+<?php endforeach; ?>

examples/template2.php

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+<p>
+    I am the template file. wuddup???
+</p>
+
+<?php 
+    // all the variables available to this template will get passed to the new one
+    $this->inc('carsTemplate.php', 'header2.php', 'footer2.php'); 
+?>