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01-16-2009, 03:28 PM

[eluser]sophistry[/eluser]
just turn on short tags and tell the client you found a good template parser. i wrote the documentation for you below. :-)

the syntax is very simple (and supports what you want - if and foreach)):
<? to start template tag,
?> to end template tag,
to display template variable use echo keyword,

example: <? echo $variable ?>

<? if($variable_to_test): ?> to start conditional,
<? endif; ?> to end conditional,

example: <? if($is_true): ?>

<? foreach($list as $item): ?> to start loop,
<? echo $item ?> inside loop
<? endforeach; ?> to end loop

in the controller...(developer will edit this)

Code:
function template()

    {

        $d['title']='this is a title';

        $d['heading1']='this is a heading one';

        $d['variable']='this is a variable.';

        $d['rand_variable']='this is a variable to show at random.';

        $d['show'] = rand(0,1);

        $d['list'] = array('list item 1', 'list item 2', 'list item 3');

        $this->load->view('tester',$d);

    }

in the view (user will edit this)

Code:
&lt;html&gt;

&lt;head&gt;

    &lt;title&gt;&lt;? echo $title ?&gt;&lt;/title&gt;

&lt;/head&gt;

&lt;body&gt;

<h1>&lt;? echo $heading1 ?&gt;</h1>

&lt;? echo $variable ?&gt;<br />

&lt;? if($show): ?&gt;

    &lt;? echo $rand_variable ?&gt;

&lt;? else: ?&gt;

    This will print if the random variable is not shown on this page load - refresh page.

&lt;? endif; ?&gt;

<br />

<ol>

&lt;? foreach($list as $item): ?&gt;

    <li>&lt;? echo $item ?&gt;</li>

&lt;? endforeach; ?&gt;

</ol>

&lt;/body&gt;

&lt;/html&gt;