PHP Looping Template Engine - From Scratch

Question

For a group project I am trying to create a template engine for PHP for the people less experienced with the language can use tags like {name} in their HTML and the PHP will

Answer 1

If I'm not worried about caching or other advanced topics that would push me to an established template engine like smarty, I find that PHP itself is a great template engine. Just set variables in a script like normal and then include your template file

$name = 'Eric';
$locations = array('Germany', 'Panama', 'China');

include('templates/main.template.php');

main.tempate.php uses an alternative php tag syntax that is pretty easy for non php people to use, just tell them to ignore anything wrapped in a php tag :)

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