Who Am I? - PHP

Typically, most PHP-based Web sites use scripts which containintermingled PHP and HTML code. While this speeds up development, it alsohas a downside: an interface designer cannot modify page layouts or HTMLtemplates without the assistance of an experienced PHP developer. Well,there's a solution to the problem - and you'll be surprised to hear thatit's been around for quite a while. Say hello to PHP FastTemplate.

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By: icarus, (c) Melonfire

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September 05, 2001

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Let's begin with a simple example of how FastTemplate works. Consider the following HTML page - I've called it "mypage.tpl" - which contains personal information about a specific user.

<!-- begin: mypage.tpl -->
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<b>Name</b>: {FNAME} {LNAME}
<p>
<b>Age</b>: {AGE}
<p>
<b>Email address</b>: {EMAIL_ADDRESS}
<p>
<b>Tel</b>: {TEL}
</body>
</html>
<!-- end: mypage.tpl -->

As you can see, this page does not contain any data per se; instead, FastTemplate variables (enclosed in curly braces) are used as placeholders in the appropriate locations. Once the FastTemplate engine parses the document, these variables will be replaced with their actual values.

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