Question

So I have reached a certain point in the development of my app where having this folder structure:

views/
     includes/{header.php, template.php, footer.php}
     home.php
     xyz.php
     ... 

and loading the views this way

controller.php

    $data['lists'] = $lists;
    $data['view'] = 'home';
    $this->load->view('includes/template', $data);

template.php

<?php
    $this->lang->load('common');
    if($view == 'videoPage') 
    {
        $header['title']       = $data['title'].' - XYZ.com ';
        $header['description'] = $data['description'];
        $header['keywords']    = implode(', ',$data['tags']);
        $header['canonical']   = $data['canonical'];
        $this->load->view('includes/header', $header);
    }
    elseif (($view == "searchsPage") || ($view == 'tagsPage'))
    {
        $header['title'] = $query.' - XYZ.com ';
        $this->load->view('includes/header', $header);
    }
    else
    {
        $this->load->view('includes/header');
    }
?>
    <div role="container">
        <?php
            if ( ! empty($data))
            {
                $this->load->view($view, $data);
                if(($view == 'searchsPage') OR ($view == 'tagsPage')):
                ?>

                ...SPECIFIC CODE HERE...

                <?php endif;
            }
            else
            {
                $this->load->view($view);
            }
        ?>
    </div>
<?php $this->load->view('includes/footer'); ?>

and more…

Is starting to get a little bit messy, so I was wondering if is worth it to implement an existing templating library from http://getsparks.org/search (search for “template”) or just do some improving to the one I use? Any other ideas?

Answer 1

I also started implementing library on my own but after a while it got messy and then changed to existing one. Specifically I used Phil Sturgeon’s Library and it’s a good one. The link to the library http://getsparks.org/packages/template/versions/HEAD/show.
Hope this helps.