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Simplate: Template engine that replaces arrays of variables

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simplate 1.0BSD License5.0PHP 5, Templates
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Michael Orji

This class implements a template engine that replaces arrays of variables.

It can load and parse a template file from a given directory and traverses an associative array of variables to process the template file replacing the template marks by array values.

Template variables that are arrays are traversed and the template is processed as many times as there are entries in the template variables array.

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Example

<?php

    include('../simplate.class.php');
   
    /**
    * Defines an array for the users.
    * Each member of the array is an associative array with each user's data.
    * Typically this would be loaded from a database.
    */
    $users = array(
        array('username'=>'KingSlayer', 'firstname'=>'Jamie', 'lastname'=>'Lanister', 'email'=>'kslayer@thelanisters.com', "location"=>'King\'s Landing'),
        array('username'=>'OmoSexy', 'firstname'=>'Omotola', 'lastname'=>'Ekeinde', 'email'=>'omosexy@naijamovies.net', 'location'=>'Nollywood'),
        array('username'=>'TheChosen', 'firstname'=>'panda', 'lastname'=>'kungfu', 'email'=>'panda@thefurious5.action', 'location'=>'Shifu Temple')
    );
   
    /**
    * Loop through the users and creates a template for each one.
    * Because each user is an array with key/value pairs defined,
    * we made our template so each key matches a tag in the template,
    * allowing us to directly replace the values in the array.
    * We save each template in the $usersTemplates array.
    */
    foreach ($users as $user)
    {
        $row = new Simplate('templates/', 'users_list_item.tpl');
       
        foreach ($user as $key => $value)
        {
            $row->$key = $value;
        }
        $usersTemplates[] = $row;
    }
   
    /**
    * Merges all our users' templates into a single variable.
    * This will allow us to use it in the main template.
    */
    $usersContents = Simplate::merge($usersTemplates);
   
    /**
    * Defines the main template and sets the users' content.
    */
    $usersList = new Simplate('templates/', 'users_list.tpl');
    $usersList->users = $usersContents;
   
    /**
    * Loads our layout template, settings its title and content.
    */
    $layout = new Simplate('templates/', 'layout.tpl');
    $layout->title = 'Registered Users';
    $layout->content = $usersList->parse();
   
    /**
    * Finally we can output our final page.
    */
    echo $layout->parse();
   
?>

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