<?php

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2003 Brian E. Lozier (brian@massassi.net)
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
 * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
 * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
 * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
 * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
 * IN THE SOFTWARE.
 */

class Template {
	var $vars; /// Holds all the template variables
	var $path; /// Path to the templates

	/**
	 * Constructor
	 *
	 * @param string $path the path to the templates
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	function Template($path = null) {
		$this->path = $path;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the path to the template files.
	 *
	 * @param string $path path to template files
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	function set_path($path) {
		$this->path = $path;
	}

	/**
	 * Set a template variable.
	 *
	 * @param string $name name of the variable to set
	 * @param mixed $value the value of the variable
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	function set($name, $value) {
		$this->vars[$name] = $value;
	}

	/**
	 * Open, parse, and return the template file.
	 *
	 * @param string string the template file name
	 *
	 * @return string
	 */
	function fetch($file) {
		if (!empty($this->vars)) {
			extract($this->vars);          // Extract the vars to local namespace
		}
		ob_start();                    // Start output buffering
		include($this->path . $file);  // Include the file
		$contents = ob_get_contents(); // Get the contents of the buffer
		ob_end_clean();                // End buffering and discard
		return $contents;              // Return the contents
	}
}
?>
