Quickie Template

Quickie Template is a templating system that tries to utilize a very simple two step plan to manipulate html files so that a php developer can isolate presentation from code.

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STEP 1
BlOCKS are just that, blocks of html. Below is what a typical block of code would look like that has beginning and ending tags. This would be setup in an html (or tpl) file that is easily edited by an html editor.	Now assuming you have an html file named block.html with the text from the preceding text area, you could use Quickie Template by using the following php code.
<!-- BEGIN BLOCK: chorus --> <pre> The world has turned and left me here Just where I was before you appeared And in your place an empty space Has filled the void behind my face </pre> <!-- END BLOCK: chorus --> <!-- BEGIN BLOCK: stanza1 --> <pre> I talked for hours to your wallet photograph And you just listened You laughed enchanted by intellect Or maybe you didn't </pre> <!-- END BLOCK: stanza1 -->	<? include("class.quickietemplate.php"); $tpl = new quickietemplate("block.html"); $tpl->parse("chorus"); $tpl->parse("stanza1"); $tpl->quickprint("chorus"); $tpl->quickprint("stanza1"); $tpl->quickprint("chorus"); ?>
Click here to see an example of the output.
STEP 2
Below is a html file that has patterns marked with brackets that will be replaced dynamically with php code.	Here is an example of php code to manipulate the the patterns.
<!-- BEGIN BLOCK: dynamic --> Hello, my name is {FIRST} {LAST}<br> <br> <br> <!-- END BLOCK: dynamic -->	<? include("class.quickietemplate.php"); $tpl = new quickietemplate("pattern.html"); $tpl->assign("FIRST", "Humpty"); $tpl->assign("LAST", "Dumpty"); $tpl->parse("dynamic"); $tpl->assign("FIRST", "Cat"); $tpl->assign("LAST", "in the Hat"); $tpl->parse("dynamic"); $tpl->quickprint("dynamic"); ?>
Click here to see an example of the output.

Quickie Template was written to be compatible with QuickTemplates. The function names and ideas were all derived from having used QuickTemplates. The underlying code is very different and not feature complete as of yet (2004/11/28).