java struts like tag lib for php??

howdy, i'm totaly new to pear. but i was wondering if there's anything around that resembles java tag libs. cant seem to find anything on that. basicly what im looking for is something that will filter out tags from html code like these (pseudo code): --------------------------------------------- <form:write name="first name" db_field="first_name" type="text" size="40" maxlength="38" /> <form:write name="Sur name" db_field="sur_name" type="text" size="40" maxlength="38" /> -------------------------------------------- and translates it into something like: ------------------------------------------------ $form=array( "First name"=>array("db_field"=>"first_name","type"=>"text","size"=>"40","maxlength"=>"38"), "Sur name"=>array("db_field"=>"sur_name","type"=>"text","size"=>"40","maxlength"=>"38") ); echo $create_form = new from_class($form); ------------------------------------------------------- is there something around that does something similar? if not, how do you guys think i should tackle this in order to get something like this to work. i think this would be a nice way to seperate code from html. any advice/sugestions is/are welcome. tnx, gilles