OOP Templating

benbox

Hey all,

I'm relatively new to OOP.. but I'm trying to make my own CMS software that I can easily reuse and adapt when creating new sites.

So far, I've got a working user login system using OOP however I'm unsure on how I can create a template system with dynamic content to go with it.

I've looked through various "tutorials" on the internet, and tried to understand scripts by looking at the php source code, however I'm very confused on how they all fit together.

Basically what I want is a front-end which I can easily change, using modules working in the background generating the content to go on the pages.

Where, or how should I start learning how to do this? I think I could perhaps start working on my own, if only I could understand what classes I'd need, and how they'd fit together.

Does anyone know of any good sources of information regarding how to learn such techniques, or could perhaps explain a general overview themselves here?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm eager to start working on this system, just stumped on how to start!

Many thanks~
Ben

nickadeemus2002

Basically what I want is a front-end which I can easily change, using modules working in the background generating the content to go on the pages.

you may want to consider using the smarty template engine. separating the 'front-end' design from the 'backend' business logic will help you conceptualize your coding better. when you're able to make this simple distinction, then i think alot of the coding patterns and logic will start to make more sense.

you can find out more about smarty at this website.

chris

benbox

Wow, this is more complicated than I expected.. still struggling to get my head around it, but I keep attempting to do so..

Thanks for that link, its handy to have something which is a to the point example, rather than trying to work out complicated code containing extra bits on top of the basic structure.

If anyone has any other resources to help aid this, I'm open for as much as possible.. so I can try and get the hang of all this!

Cheers very much!

FatalError

benbox wrote:
Wow, this is more complicated than I expected.. still struggling to get my head around it, but I keep attempting to do so..

Thanks for that link, its handy to have something which is a to the point example, rather than trying to work out complicated code containing extra bits on top of the basic structure.

If anyone has any other resources to help aid this, I'm open for as much as possible.. so I can try and get the hang of all this!

Cheers very much!

I'm making my own templating engine, so if you need help with anything, feel free to PM me. I'm having problems of my own though, so I can't help with everything.