Which templating engine can I use with both JS and PHP? [closed]

Question

I'm looking for a simple Template engine that works both on client side with JS ánd on server side with PHP.

That means I want to be able to use the same template definition for both use cases.

Do you know any templating engines that have official implementations in both JS and PHP?

Answer 1

If you like JS->PHP priority :) then you have this two jquery-tmpl compatible template renderer for PHP backend

1. https://github.com/abackstrom/jquery-tmpl-php
2. https://github.com/xyu/jquery-tmpl-php

If you prefer more PHP->JS priority :) then you can try this Javascript implementation of popular PHP templating Smarty

1. http://code.google.com/p/jsmart/

Or you can try something more neutral like:

1. Mustache http://mustache.github.com/

Answer 2

Do you mean something like mustache?

Answer 3

You have a new option to compile templates for both PHP and JS using Twig + Twig.js

• http://twig.sensiolabs.org/
• https://github.com/schmittjoh/twig.js

Answer 4

Use Mustache!

AFAIK, Mustache is the only template engine that has official implementations in both PHP and JS... along with two dozen programming/scripting languages.

• Twig does have a JS version, but that's incomplete and AFAIK unofficial.

• Smarty does have a JS version, but it's also an unofficial port... and Smarty is getting a bit outdated.