Extending Templates

» Stamp, alternative PHP Templates

A third, and slightly more advanced way to work with templates is by extending them; i.e. insert a template into another template. Here is an example:

 
<head>
    <title>
        Here is the title:
        <!-- title -->
            Default title [will be replaced with $content]
        <!-- /title -->
    </title>
</head>
<body>
    <div id=content>
        <!-- content -->
            Default content [will be replaced with $content]
        <!-- /content -->
    </div>
    <div class=sidebar>
        <!-- sidebar -->
            Sidebar has no content [will be replaced with $sidebar]
        <!-- /sidebar -->
    </div>
    <!-- footer -->
        Should remain untouched...
    <!-- /footer -->
</body>

Content template:

 
<!-- title -->
    My title
<!-- /title -->
<!-- content -->
    My body
<!-- /content -->

Sidebar template:

 
<!-- sidebar -->
    Sidebar contents
<!-- /sidebar -->

And the code:

 
    $tpl = new Stamp($base);
    $tpl->extendWith($content)->extendWith($sidebar);

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