What is .tpl files? php, web design

Question

A man wants me to redesign a site run in PHP (VideoCMS). But when I asked him to send me the source he has given me *.tpl files instead of *.php. There is some code inside t

Answer 1

.tpl is the extension for smarty files. It means "template".

Tip: if you are using netbeans and you want a correct syntax highlighting for those files:

• Go to options / tools
• Under Miscellaneous, select Files tab
• Click new file extension, enter tpl.
• In Assiciated file Type (MIME), select HTML Files (text/html)
• Click ok