Re: Best Template Engine

on 14/09/02 4:44 PM, Jeremy Wilson (jwilson@intravative.com) wrote: > I just created my own because none of the php ones out there offered as > much flexibility as I needed. There are some pretty advanced classes out > there (http://www.phpclasses.org) but not nearly what you would probably > want out of your own. Your best bet would be to create your own template > engine parser for your specific needs. You will find that in the end, > you will be much more satisfied with the result. The main problem is, a > lot of your concerns will not be addressed in someone elses template > engine. So why waste the time trying to hack their program to make > something for yours. You will see that in almost every large scale open > source application developed that uses templates. They created their own > because the end result is much more productive a scalable. Couldn't agree more!! I've been hacking/building/refining my own template engine since the first day I was introduced to PHP... It's quite modular, and I don't have any limitations with it, because it's mine and I know it inside out. You can also license the template system to each client as your own software module. My estimates are that it took me $XXXX to build the engine, but I license it out at about a quarter of that each time, so by the time I licensed it out for the 5th time, I was making profit. I won't tell you what number I'm up to know :P Short term hurdle (development), long term advantage. Justin