Quick Start

Quick start for the impatient

Example Usage

The following examples include PHP code, an HTML template, and the resulting HTML after parsing.

Example PHP Code

<?php 
/*include the class*/
include_once('../class.XiTemplate.php');
 
/*instantiate the class and pass the path to your HTML template file*/
$xitpl = new XiTemplate('templates/assign.tpl');
 
/*assign a value to a template variable.*\
/*In this example {NAME} will be replaced with "XiTemplate"*/
$xitpl->assign('NAME', 'XiTemplate');
 
/*multidimensional array*/
$myArray = array
    ( 
        'name' => 'Jim',
        'lastName' => 'Grill',
        'address' => array
        (
            'street' => 'One XiTemplate Way',
            'city' => 'Paradise',
            'state' => 'Hawaii',
            'zip' => '12345'
        ),
        'age' => 'too old'
    );
 
/*assign the array to a template variable*/
$xitpl->assign('MYARRAY', $myArray);
 
/*parse the "main" block of the page (the whole page)*/
$xitpl->parse('main');
 
/*send the final page out to the browser*/
$xitpl->out('main');
?>

Example Template Code

<!-- BEGIN: main -->
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<html>
<head>
<title>XiTemplate Manual - assign()</title>
</head>

<body>

<h1>XiTemplate</h1>

<p>Hi. My name  is {NAME}.</p>

<p>This example was written by:</p>

<p>{MYARRAY.name} {MYARRAY.lastName}<br>
{MYARRAY.address.street}<br>
{MYARRAY.address.city}, {MYARRAY.address.state} {MYARRAY.address.zip}
</p>

</body>
</html>

<!-- END: main -->

Example Resulting HTML

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<html>
<head>
<title>XiTemplate Manual - assign()</title>
</head>

<body>

<h1>XiTemplate</h1>

<p>Hi. My name  is XiTemplate.</p>

<p>This example was written by:</p>

<p>Jim Grill<br>
One XiTemplate Way<br>
Paradise, Hawaii 12345
</p>

</body>
</html>

The preceding example is very basic and is not at all meant as an exhaustive example of what XiTemplate is capable of.

Please continue reading for a better understanding of XiTemplate's features.

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