[SOLVED] templating + function calls is it possible?

[pkedpker]

My question may seem odd to some people who don't know what templating is..

 

My site before templating was a real mess a bunch of php tags and html code in each php file.. so I looked for a solution and found templating is what i need..

 

Now i can do nearly everything with templating that is call variables in it.. but I cannot seem to find a way to do functions..

 

basically here is what I do

 

loadTemplate(blahblah)
	$t = file_get_contents($templateName);
	return "return <<<TMP\r\n\r\n{$t}\r\n\r\nTMP;\r\n";

 

now index is like

<?php
session_start();
echo eval(loadTemplate('header'));
echo eval(loadTemplate('footer'));
?>

 

 

a template file is basically simple HTML coded website with support for variable with the use of {$varName}

 

its a combination of heredoc and eval..

 

well anyways I want to know how to call functions in it.

 

how would i call like

my old way of doing this

          <?php showMemberOptions(); ?>

 

in a template?

 

I tried

{showMemberOptions()}

 

It just echos {showMemberOptions()}

 

 

 

I know somehow I could cuztomize the showMemberOptions function into a template with a shitload of new variables but that will be pretty crazy for me.. since showMemberOptions can show login form.. or welcome username and a bunch of other stuff..

[Alex]

You should probably rethink your whole template system. I could give you an alternative option, but it's really not worth the trouble that it'll cost you.

[pkedpker]

haha this cost me enough trouble converting it all to template system.. but now i can support many different styles on the website and not like my previous idea where I just had to modify a CSS file to change my site looks completely now I can actually move things around in all different designs with a set of different html templates.. and plus now my other site designers who are like 11-15 years old only understand html/css they can pick this up easily.

 

I can see a big downside to templating.. you have to make many variables for everything.. can't just echo things out like I used to do.