template base programming

jansky

to all guru

has any one here worked on template base programming??

I do have a problem in my template base programming

i do have this file called "template.tpl"
here is the HTML code

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
<table width="200" border="1">

<tr>
<td>{member.NAME}</td>
</tr>

</table>
</body>
</html>

and i do have script called generate.php
<?
mysql_connect("localhost","","");
mysql_select_db("testdb");
$filename='template.tpl';

if($handle = fopen($filename, "r")){
$template_content = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
fclose($handle);
}
$query=mysql_query("select * from members");
while ($result=mysql_fetch_object($query))
{
$name=$result->name;
// do some replacement here using str_replace or eregi

}

As of now I am stuck in this code

Questions:
how can i replace the {member.NAME} with $name

i used str_replace but it only replace the last result. The result should be in listing not only one

I used this kind so that the script will be adoptable to other templates

bpat1434

I'm gonna have to refer you to a good template parser script tutorial I read, and use. It's well worth the time to look at and read: Building a Template Parser Class with PHP

But basically, your code needs to change a minor bit:

<?
mysql_connect("localhost","","");
mysql_select_db("testdb");
$filename='template.tpl';


if($handle = fopen($filename, "r")){
$template_content = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
fclose($handle);
}
$query=mysql_query("select * from members");
$name = '';
while ($result=mysql_fetch_object($query))
{
$name .= '<td>'.$result->name.'</td>';

}
// do some replacement here using str_replace
$template_content = str_replace('{member.Name}', $name, $template_content);

// Display the page (you didn't include this
// so I thought I'd add it for you.
echo $template_content;

?>

And your HTML would change to:

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
<table width="200" border="1">
<!--START HERE -->
<tr>
{member.NAME}
</tr>
<!-- END HERE -->
</table>
</body>
</html>

~Brett