template engines

This code was developed due to specific constraints I wanted in a template engine, and the desire to use it in projects that unfortunately still require PHP4. It is currently pre-release code, but should work in PHP4.2 and up.

The first specification of the project was to ensure valid XHTML. I haven't yet set a DTD (for those who need full on validation), but the templates should be editable in WYSIWYG editors such as Dreamweaver without causing issues.

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A quick example:

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I ran into a few snags while playing around with codeigniter. The first was the realization that it was actually a subset of the work that was originally pmachine.

Now perhaps I'm being slightly unfair, since I didn't have a lot of hands on experience back in the day, but from my role as a sys admin for a web hosting company, pmachine was the early candidate for "ugh, yet another security hole", and whenever I hear that word I cringe at the awful memories.