Example usage of __construct()

<?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/construct.tpl');
 
/*assign a value to a template variable.*\
/*In this example {NAME} will be replaced with "XiTemplate"*/
$xitpl->assign('NAME', 'XiTemplate');
 
/*the following template exists only in the buffer*/
/*this template could have come from a database or some other data source*/
$content = <<<EOF
<!-- BEGIN: main -->
  <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    <tr>
      <td>
      <p>This is an example of a template that comes from the buffer.</p>
      <p>This template could come from a database or some other data source.</p>
      <p>This template can have variables and blocks just like any other template.</p>
      <p>Here is a variable: "{VARIABLE}"</p>
      <!-- BEGIN: sub -->
        <p>This text is a sub block of template2.</p>
      <!-- END: sub -->
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
<!-- END: main -->
EOF;
/*instantiate a second template (template 2)*/
/*in this case the template comes from buffer instead of a */
/*file as in the case of the first template*/
$xitpl2 = new XiTemplate($content);
 
/*assign a variable to template 2*/
$xitpl2->assign('VARIABLE', 'I\'m a variable');
 
/*parse a sub block within template 2*/
$xitpl2->parse('main.sub');
 
/*parse the main block of template 2 (the whole page)*/
$xitpl2->parse('main');
 
/*assign the text from template 2 to a template variable in template 1*/
$xitpl->assign('CONTENT', $xitpl2->text('main'));
 
/*parse the "main" block of template 1 (the whole page)*/
$xitpl->parse('main');
 
/*send the final page out to the browser*/
$xitpl->out('main');
?>