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Database Templating Engine
By: Matt Eunson
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    2004-05-11

    Table of Contents:
  • Database Templating Engine
  • The Database
  • Functions
  • A Sample Page

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    Database Templating Engine - A Sample Page


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    Now we have all the functions created, we can simply use the code that I wrote at the beginning of this tutorial.

    <?php

    // Simple Templating Engine
    // using a database tutorial.
    // Written by Matt Eunson

    // Define database variables - you have to change these
    $Server = "localhost";
    $Username = "me";
    $Pass = "****";
    $Database = "template";

    // Now connect to the database
    mysql_connect($Server, $Username, $Pass) or die("Couldn't connect to database.");
    mysql_selectdb($Database) or die("Couldn't select database: $Database");

    // Include the template functions
    include_once "template.php";

    // Start our page
    $Title = "My Site";
    pageHeader($Title);

    // Some content here...
    echo "Welcome to my site.";

    // And close the page
    pageFooter();

    ?>

    If you run this script, then the result will be the words "Welcome to my site" in your browser, along with the title "My Site" in your browser title bar.

    And that just about rounds it up. Here you have a very simple, but working template engine using a database. You could extend this to include an admin control panel for editing your templates on the fly, or you could add new features to it. Anyway, thanks for reading this tutorial, and I hope you enjoyed it.


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