STAMP

Stamp is micro template library orignally written by Gabor de Mooij.

Stamp t.e. is a new kind of Template Engine for PHP. You don't need to learn a new template language and you get 100% separation between presentation logic and your HTML templates.

How it Works

Stamp t.e. is a string manipulation based template engine. This is a different approach from most template engines which use inline templating. In Stamp t.e. you set markers in your template (HTML comments), these are then used to manipulate the template from the outside.

What does it look like

A cut point maker marks a region in the template that will be cut out from the template and stored under the specified ID.

<div>
<!-- cut:diamond -->
<img src="diamond.gif" />
<!-- /cut:diamond -->
</div>

<span>
<!-- paste:jewellery -->
</span>

Now pass the template to StampTE:

$se = new StampTE($templateHTML);

To obtain the diamond image:

$diamond = $se->getDiamond();
echo $diamond;

Result:

<img src="diamond.gif" />

And.. to put some diamonds in the jewellery box:

$se->jewellery->add($diamond);

Easy!

More info: http://www.stampte.com

Advantages

Clean, code-free HTML templates, No PHP in your HTML
Compact presentation logic free of any HTML
No new syntax to learn, uses basic HTML markers already in use by many frontend developers to clarify document structure
Templates do not have to be converted to be used with PHP logic (toll free template upgrades)
Templates are presentable before integration because they may contain dummy data which is removed by StampTE
Easy to exchange templates, templates are ready to use
Very suitable for advanced UI development and complex templates for games
Templates become self-documenting, PHP code becomes more readable (less bugs)
Automatically strips HTML comments
Integrated caching system
Automatically escapes strings for Unicode (X)HTML documents
Just ONE little file
Unit tested, high quality code
Open Source, BSD license

gabordemooij/stamp

STAMP

How it Works

What does it look like

Advantages