How does it Work?
PHPTemplate is a tool that helps separate the tasks of the programmer from the tasks of the designer. As a tool, PHPTemplate makes it possible for web programmers to work on the business logic of an installation without having to worry too much about the presentation of the content. In contrast, web designers can focus entirely on the styling of discreet blocks of content and items, comprising the layout and the interface. Developers and designers can divide their tasks and optimize their work.
By comparison, other approaches to theming exhibit less flexibility. Themes can be created only with the use of PHP. Pure PHP themes, however, are difficult for those less fluent in the PHP programming language. Pure PHP templates are also hard to read, more difficult to code, and awkward to preview.
Building themes with a theme engine represents a more manageable way of handling dynamic web applications. Every PHPTemplate theme file contains an HTML skeleton with some simple PHP...
