Template¶

A template is a preset document, filled with values in placeholders, to display the resulting data. This is also called a view.

PHP used to be known as a template engine. Nowadays, template engines are written in PHP.

Templates may be produced in any file format: HTML, CSS, Javascript, JSON, PDF, URL, Markdown, etc.

Template may be large: they are then broken down into smaller and reusable sub-templates.

Some PHP template packages: Twig, Latte, Blade, smarty.

<?php

// piece
echo "<h1>".$name."</h1>";

?>