Where can i learn how to make a good template class?

[martian2k4]

I've searched the internet high and low to find a article that covers how to make a good template class but i cannot find one any where.

I can find articles that make tutorial classes but they do not show you how you can use databases with them they are normally just simply replacing variables and outputting a page.

Does any one know of a good article that covers it all?

thanks

[itportal]

Start here: http://mt-soft.org/my_articles.php?id=1

And continue by yourself ... At the end ... see the code of Smarty

[TheRedDevil]

There are different types of template engines, so the answer to your question depends on which one you want to create.

There is an old article right here on SitePoint which should be able to point you in the right direction at least.
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/beyond-template-engine

I would not advice you to take a closer look on the Smarty code, imo its bloated.

[martian2k4]

Start here: http://mt-soft.org/my_articles.php?id=1

And continue by yourself ... At the end ... see the code of Smarty

I was on about a template class, like the one phpbb uses. so opening a template file with things like {BLAH} and then using the class to replace {BLAH} with a what ever is defined.

And then with the looping bit i was on about so you can do that with multipul results.

There are different types of template engines, so the answer to your question depends on which one you want to create.

There is an old article right here on SitePoint which should be able to point you in the right direction at least.
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/beyond-template-engine

I would not advice you to take a closer look on the Smarty code, imo its bloated.

I will read through that article. And yer i don't really want to go looking through smarty. I have used it before and its just too much, like the way you can use certain php functions on the template it just isn't needed.