hi, i want to understand the concept of building a template system. tpl.php, header.php, footer.php, body.php, css, div, tables... can anyone direct me where i can find this type of tutorial, many thanks.
There are a number of existing solutions for PHP templates (smarty templates, PEAR HTML_Template_IT, PEAR HTML_Template_Xipe, etc.). If you insist on building your own, the basic idea is that you need to come up with some code that will take an object containing your data such as an associative array and merge it into an HTML template, replacing certain patterns with data from your array.
I googled and found [ulr=http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28260]this tutorial[/url] but it looks very very basic. The tricky part about designing your own template engine is the looping bits.
