I have done something similar, you can check it at http://andreyshubin.com/updates/Hoduli

It seems to me that Hoduli is more flexible :)

ik heb me nog eens aan mplate gewaagd (nadat jij het een tijdje terug op IRC gepimpt had) maar volgens mij zit er een foutje in de bestanden zoals ze ter download worden aangeboden. mplate-0.2.2/Mplate.php doet require_once “Mplate_Mplate.php”;, alleen bestaat er geen “Mplate_Mplate.php” in die map, waardoor alles in de soep loopt en ik handmatig verwijzingen moet gaan aanpassen, wat niet zo lekker werkt. Verbeterpuntje? ;)

You’ve a good point about the name there, and indeed this thing needs a rename quick. “Divorce” sounds a bit negative though :-) Good joke though :D

Either way, I hope you’re tempted to give this one a try - you can be assured that it’ll stay under rapid development.

Currently moved good error messages to the top of my list as per a comment on comp.lang.php - because basically anything parses and gets transformed to PHP, a developer often gets PHP error messages in the compiled file. That sucks, of course, so a cool friendly solution is necessary. Any other requests will be considered, too.

Seriously, I will look at it with an open mind because I’m only starting to use php in a commercial world and think templating is a necessary skill to use. I had looked at Smarty some time ago, but wasn’t hooked enough to use it.

I like the use of php syntax, and for those developers who do code and HTML it’s not a problem to use language constructs such as foreach.

To be honest I wanted to do something like this myself but it’s a big task if your doing other work as well, so I hope this is a useful template system.

On a final point, I think making the name derived from Smarty may be detrimental as it suggests it’s a variation of it, or a copy etc. I think a name that stands it apart would be better. Temphplate or phpViewz are a bit weird but says it all, or just go for something different but memorable such as Divorce - separation, but better. Must get off the drugs!