Re: template engine...why???

> Agreed as well. :) So... did we answer the original question? I've lost > track of what it was... Let me help, I started this thread with a very simple question (or so i thought). Here the email below: ************************************************* Hi, I'm a kind of newbie to PHP but have been with Java Servlets for years...I would appreciate it if someone would answer this question for me please. Why use a template engine? isnt it much easier to include a header and footer file with "include"? eg: <?php include "headerblah.php" ?> thats soooo much easier that learning some templating "language"...isnt it? I visited the smarty template site..... Cheers, -Ryan ****************************************************************** Hope that brought back your memory :-) Cheers, -Ryan