Posted by Matthew Weier O'Phinney on 04/07/05 05:30

* James Williams <php@jamwil.com>:
> Hey fellas, I'm makin a forum right now and as a sub project, I'm making
> a template engine / class. Right now all it does is variable
> replacement, however I am curious as to how I can implement support for
> loops and if statements. I would appreciate any ideas that you may
> have, thank-you!

Why are you re-inventing the wheel? There are many PHP template engines
out there -- use one of those, and contribute if you find performance
issues or lacking features.

Some popular ones:

* Smarty
* Savant
* Flexy

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