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Simple Template Class-Example

Simple Template Class-Example

<?php 

class template 
{ 
   /* 
     DESCRIPTION: 
     A VERY simple template class. No caching or advanced functionality. 
     It simply opens a file and replaces any variable in the file with a syntax of 
     '{VARIABLE}' It is primarily designed to keep layout HTML out of php files. Right now it is case sensitive but in future versions i will probably put in a setting for that. 
     
I will probably update it with more functionality in the future but for now it could be extended by child classes etc. 
     
     */ 
     var $tpl_dir = 'templates'; 
   var $tpl_vars = array(); 
     
     
     // PRIVATE: 
     
     function repvar($name, $value, $string) 
   {// Function to replace a variable 
      return str_replace('{'.$name.'}', $value, $string); 
   } 
          
     // PUBLIC:     
       
   function addvar($name, $value) 
     {// Add variable to be replaced in a template 
        $this->tpl_vars[$name] = $value; 
     } 

   function display($page) 
     { 
        $fhandle = file_get_contents($this->tpl_dir.'/'.$page); 
            foreach($this->tpl_vars as $name=>$value) 
            { 
               $fhandle = $this->repvar($name, $value, $fhandle); 
            } 
            return $fhandle; 
     } 
} 

/* 
//EXAMPLE 
$tpl = new template; 
$tpl->addvar('TITLE', 'Template Test'); 
$tpl->addvar('CONTENT', $content); 
$tpl->addvar('MENU', 'Template Test'); 
echo $tpl->display('main.htm'); 
*/ 
?>