eXtension Templates for PHP (XTP for short)

Starting everything - Rendering HTML to the browser

In order to make template engine running we need to complete few simple steps:

You should put following piece of code in your default PHP page to achieve that: 

require_once('path_to_xtp.php');

$page = WebControlX::LoadControl('index.phpx');
if ($page) {
    $html = $page->Render();
    print $html;
}
else
    print "Can't load page content!";

In this example we assumed that template for main page is contained in index.phpx template file. WebControlX::LoadControl will load that template (and all necessary subcomponents); and after that page's Render method will render HTML which will be sent to the browser.

This example makes lifecycle of page obvious (and of every other control) -- first, page is loaded, then its content is put into string variable, and then it is sent back to the browser. Method Render of WebControlX class serves purpose of getting entire content (HTML) of web component, including any embedded components.

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