Template parser help needed

[Mori]

Well, I was using Smarty for a long time, but now I feel it's time to change it to something smaller, as it is too slow for a big project...

Does any1 knows good, fast template parser supporting caching and allowing loops/if statements in template, as Smarty does? Really, nothing more, sending some varibles to template, but it's rather in every parser out there.

So, if you could recommend me something, I'd be thankful.

[TimTimTimma]

are you lookin for an interchangeable template parser? If so, I might be able to help as I recently just completely recoded my parser and it works very nice and quiet fast, its a rather mall function, but it does everything I need it to do :-) and more

[Mori]

Yeah, I'm looking for a new tpl parser.

Does yours have caching, so the output can be smaller and would reduce traffic?

Also, does your parser support if's and loops in templates in similar to Smarty's way?

[TimTimTimma]

	function theme($tpl_file = "", $array = "") 
	{ 
		global $Current_Directory, $Site_Theme; 
		$theme = $Current_Directory."/Templates/".$this->extract('user_theme')."/".$tpl_file; 		

	if(!empty($tpl_file) && !empty($array)){	
		if(file_exists($theme)){ 
			$inc_file = file($theme);
			$inc_file = implode("", $inc_file);
			$inc_file = addslashes($inc_file);
			$inc_file = "\$r_file = \"".$inc_file."\";";
			eval($inc_file);
			echo $r_file; 
		}else{
			$theme = $Current_Directory."/Templates/".$Site_Theme."/".$tpl_file;
			if(file_exists($theme)){
				$inc_file = file($theme);
				$inc_file = implode("", $inc_file);
				$inc_file = addslashes($inc_file);
				$inc_file = "\$r_file = \"".$inc_file."\";";
				eval($inc_file);
				echo $r_file; 
			}else{
				die("There has been a Fata Error in the user theme system! Contact the administrator at once, and tell him the site default theme does not exist!");
			}
		}
	}else{
		return $this->extract('user_theme');
	}		
} 

Thats my parser to make it work, you execute it like so.

$user->theme("template.file"); /*<-- that will simply include a template file and execute any code that is identified as php within it */

$user->theme(); /*<-- that simply returns the template name (for if you need to display it or insert links with just the name)
*/

$user->theme("template.file", array("variable0"=> "value", "variable1" => "value"));

/*
^^ the above executes the template.file and all php inside of it, it also includes all the variables you could want in an array into the function, and then to execute that inside of the template all you gotta do is write */

$array[variable]

 // notice no single parantheses because if it had them it would bring errors.

[Mori]

IT's a great function for sure, but I'm searching for something a little bit more advanced.

I don't like mixing PHP & HTML in template files.

That's some examples of TPL's with Smarty:

{include file="head.tpl"}
{if $Step == ""}
<b>Witam</b></td></tr><td align="justify">
Czym jest Night in Middle-Earth?<br>
Jest to tekstowy RPG dla wielu graczy, rozgrywany turowo.
Mo¿esz tutaj walczyæ z potworami, innymi graczami, zarz±dzaæ w³asn± stra¿nic± czy te¿ zarabiaæ pieni±dze na w³asnej kopalni b±d¼ wraz z innymi graczami stworzyæ w³asny klan.
Je¿eli zainteresowa³o Ciê to, zarejestruj siê w grze i do³±cz do nas.
Zanim jednak to zrobisz, przeczytaj <a href="index.php?step=rules">Kodeks</a> (czyli zasady obowi±zuj±ce w grze).<br><br><br><br>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

<form method="post" action="updates.php">

<tr>
<td valign="top">
    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">{if $Online < 35}
    <tr>
    <td>Email: <input type="text" name="email"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Has³o: <input type="password" name="pass"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td><center><input type="submit" value="Zaloguj"></center></td>
    </tr>
{/if}
{if $Online >= 35}
    <tr>
    <td>Za du¿o graczy w grze</td>
    </tr>
{/if}
    <tr>
    <td><br><center><a href=index.php?step=lostpasswd>Zapomnia³em has³a</a></center><br><br></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
</td>
<td width="60%">
    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
    <tr>
    <td align="center"><b>Wie¶ci</b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>{$Update[0]}</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>{$Update[1]}</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>{$Update[2]}</td>
    </tr>
    </table>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">
    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
    <tr><td>Obecny czas: {$Time}</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Mamy <b>{$Players}</b> zarejestrowanych graczy
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td><b>{$Online}</b> graczy w grze.<br></form></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
</td>
<tr>
<td>
{/if}

{include file="foot.tpl"}

// Sorry for polish language, don't think about parts in lang. you don't understand, it's not important now...

Uh, and loops:

<center>
<table>
<tr><td width="200">
    <table class="td" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <tr><td style="border-bottom: solid gray 1px;" align="center" colspan="2"><b><u>{$Title[0]}</b></u></td></tr>
    <tr><td width="100" align="center"><b><u>Imiê (ID)</td><td width=100 align=center><b><u>{$Top[0]}</td></tr>
    {section name=list loop=$Top1}
        {$Top1[list]}
    {/section}
    </table>
</td><td width="200">
    <table class="td" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <tr><td style="border-bottom: solid gray 1px;" align="center" colspan="2"><b><u>{$Title[1]}</b></u></td></tr>
    <tr><td width="100" align="center"><b><u>Imiê (ID)</td><td width="100" align="center"><b><u>{$Top[1]}</td></tr>
    {section name=list1 loop=$Top2}
        {$Top2[list1]}
    {/section}
    </table>
</td></tr>
<tr><td width="200">
    <table class="td" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <tr><td style="border-bottom: solid gray 1px;" align="center" colspan="2"><b><u>{$Title[2]}</b></u></td></tr>
    <tr><td width="100" align="center"><b><u>Imiê (ID)</td><td width="100" align="center"><b><u>{$Top[2]}</td></tr>
    {section name=list2 loop=$Top3}
        {$Top3[list2]}
    {/section}
    </table>
</td><td width="200">
    <table class="td" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <tr><td style="border-bottom: solid gray 1px;" align="center" colspan="2"><b><u>{$Title[3]}</b></u></td></tr>
    <tr><td width="100" align="center"><b><u>Imiê (ID)</td><td width="100" align="center"><b><u>{$Top[3]}</td></tr>
    {section name=list3 loop=$Top4}
        {$Top4[list3]}
    {/section}
    </table>
</td></tr></table>

As you can see using loops/if's in Smarty's tpls is easy, tho it's rather a big and slow parser for me, so that's why I'm saerching for something smaller.

Also, it supports caching results, which, as far I can see, your function does not support.

[thorpe]

have a look over at phpclasses.org

[Mori]

Has anyone make some comparisions of template parser that are available out there?

You know, which is the fastest, which generates lowest stress for CPU...
It's hard just to go and pick one of them without any info about it...