Help with templates function...

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hi there.. i m really stuck in this and i cant find a solution.. i m using the "templater parser" function found in a tutorial here in php builder but i need to change it cause it just repeat one region.. and i cant figure out how to put it work...

<?
class template {

var $n_fcontents;

function template ($template_filename, $replacement_rules, $recordset_array,$replacement_repeat)
{
   $START_FLAG = 0;
   $start_anchor= array();
   $end_anchor=0;
   $res_arr="";
   $fcontents = file ($template_filename);
   $count = count($replacemente_repeat);
   for($i=0; $i>$count; $i++){
   		if($i > 0){
   		   		$fcontents = $this->n_fcontents;
   		}
	   while (list ($line_num, $line) = each ($fcontents))
	   {
    	  if ($START_FLAG == 0)
	      {
	         if (ereg ($replacement_repeat[$i][0], $line))
	         {
	            $START_FLAG = 1;
	            $start_anchor[] = $line_num;
	         }
	      }
	      else
	      {
	         if (!ereg ($replacement_repeat[$i][1], $line))
	         {
	            $res_arr .= $line;
	         }
	         else
	         {
	            $START_FLAG = 0;
	            $end_anchor[] = $line_num;
	         }
     	  }
   		}


/* Build String-Replacement Rules ... */
   $tmp_res_arr = "";
   $n = count($recordset_array);

   for ($x=0; $x<$n; $x++)
   {
      $tmp = $res_arr;
      for ($y=0; $y<count($replacement_rules); $y++)
      {
         $a = $replacement_rules[$y][0];
         $b = $replacement_rules[$y][1];

     if (ereg ("{", $a))
     {
        $recordset_array[$x][$b] = stripslashes ($recordset_array[$x][$b]);
        eval ("\$tmp = str_replace (\"$a\", \$recordset_array[\$x][$b], \$tmp);");
        $tmp = stripslashes($tmp);
     }

  $tmp_res_arr .= $tmp;
   }
}
   $res_arr = $tmp_res_arr;

   /* Re-constructing the file-contents ... */
   $n = count($fcontents);
   for ($x=0; $x<$n; $x++)
   {
      $y = $start_anchor[$i] + ($x - $end_anchor[$i]) ;

  if (($x >= $start_anchor[$i]) and ($x < $end_anchor[$i]))
  {
     if ($this->n_fcontents[$start_anchor[$i]] == "")
        $this->n_fcontents[$x] =  $res_arr;
  }
  elseif ($x > $end_anchor[$i])
     $this->n_fcontents[$y] = $fcontents[$x];
  else
     $this->n_fcontents[$x] = $fcontents[$x];
   }
}
   return ($this->n_fcontents);
}   // end function template_parser

}
?>

Dont mind about the mess the function is in... i ve tried so manu things that i dont really know wtf i m doing with it...

I need this function to fill EACH loop of my template file.. and not just one...

I was thinking about using the fuction twice but its gonna have to open the template file 2 or 3 times and its not a good ideia.

I want the function to open the file replale EVERYTHING and then show it.

i tryied to make a replacement_repeat array with this:

<?
 $replacement_repeat = array (
				     array ("<!--start-->","<!--end-->"),
				     array ("<!--START_ROW-->", "<!--END_ROW-->")
					  );
?>

But its not working 🙁

Please help 🙁

Here´s the original function and tutorial:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/lep20020402.php3?page=5