Simple example
Template file: authors.tpl
<html>
<head><title>{PAGE_TITLE}</title></head>
<body>
<table>
<caption>Authors</caption>
<thead>
<tr><th>Name</th><th>Email</th></tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr><td colspan="2">{NUM_AUTHORS}</td></tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody>
<!-- BEGIN authorline -->
<tr><td>{AUTHOR_NAME}</td><td>{AUTHOR_EMAIL}</td></tr>
<!-- END authorline -->
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>
PHP code: authors.php
<?php
//we want to display this author list
$authors = array(
'Christian Weiske' => 'cweiske@php.net',
'Bjoern Schotte' => 'schotte@mayflower.de'
);
require_once 'HTML/Template/PHPLIB.php';
//create template object
$t =& new HTML_Template_PHPLIB(dirname(__FILE__), 'keep');
//load file
$t->setFile('authors', 'authors.tpl');
//set block
$t->setBlock('authors', 'authorline', 'authorline_ref');
//set some variables
$t->setVar('NUM_AUTHORS', count($authors));
$t->setVar('PAGE_TITLE', 'Code authors as of ' . date('Y-m-d'));
//display the authors
foreach ($authors as $name => $email) {
$t->setVar('AUTHOR_NAME', $name);
$t->setVar('AUTHOR_EMAIL', $email);
$t->parse('authorline_ref', 'authorline', true);
}
//finish and echo
echo $t->finish($t->parse('OUT', 'authors'));
?>