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Posted by klenwell on 04/03/07 16:31
I developed a simple single-file template system that uses buffering,
conditionals, and heredocs. Not sure if it's best practice, but it's
worked well for me. It keeps the logic layer and view layer apart,
provides consistency, and yet is quite flexible. The basic outline:
// php section
// html section (escape php) <-- this would be your main output
section
// php section
A skeleton demo:
<?php
// start session, buffering, call files, etc.
// declare variables
$_HTML['navbar'] = '';
$_HTML['section1'] = '';
$_HTML['section2'] = '';
// build output (can call functions, other php files here)
$_HTML['navbar'] = php_build_navbar();
if ( !empty($_HTML['navbar']) )
{
$_HTML['section1'] = <<<HTML
<div id="section1">
{$_HTML['navbar']}
</div>
HTML;
}
$_HTML['section2'] = <<<HTML
<div id="section2" class="static_content">
Some static content
</div>
HTML;
// start html (don't forget doctype and head stuff)
?>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo $_HTML['section1']; ?>
<?php echo $_HTML['section2']; ?>
</body>
</html>
<?php
// dump buffer
?>
For more efficiency, combine with PEAR's cache_lite package or another
caching class.
You could continue to automate things and tailor a system that works
for you. Take it far enough and you'll end up with something like
Smarty or another pre-existing template system.
Tom
On Apr 2, 8:56 am, "Justin.Voelker" <justin.voel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Everyone:
>
> I am in search of an easier way to develop pages. My most current
> website,www.Base2WebDesign.com, has the exact same layout throughout
> the entire site. Right now I use a function called "page_top()" and
> page_bottom()" that , when called, display the tops and bottoms of
> pages. All I have to do on the actual index.php page is call those two
> functions and then write the main content on that page. This seems
> stupid but it seems to work. I would like to use templates but I
> don't know much about them and I have yet to find anything that just
> screams simplicity to me and ease of use. If anyone could point me in
> the right direct for developing pages that have a consistent layout
> with dynamic content on the "main section" of the page, I would be
> forever grateful. Again, I would like to use templates because from
> what I have seen they look like they are what I need. Can anyone
> direct me toward and very simple, straight-forward, easy-to-use
> template system (if this is what I indeed would need) that could speed
> up the rendering of the pages without hitting the server on each page
> load for the same page layout? Also, my current way of building the
> page may be to fault but might there be a solution to the pages
> "blinking" when you switch from one pages to the next for the first
> time. When you return to that same page there is no blink. Thank you
> so much to anyone and everyone that can solve any of the problems I
> have listed above!
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