Using PHP as a template engine

Question

I am not going to argue about the choice of a template engine against only PHP. I choose not to use a template engine, like Smarty, because I would like to learn how to prop

Answer 1

Just use alternative PHP syntax for if/for/foreach control language constructs which are designed specifically for this purpose:

    
Users
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Id
                
First Name
                
Last Name
            
        
        


            

                
Id); ?>
                
FirstName); ?>
                
LastName); ?>
            

        
    

    
No users in the database.

I also suggest creating view helpers for HTML outputs that are very similar and use them instead of having repeated HTML code.