# Php template engine

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-template-engine/166728
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**Created:** [October 22, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-template-engine/166728 "2005-10-22T04:27:16Z")
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### Author: ![eirche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e95f7d/32.png) [@eirche](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eirche)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-template-engine/166728/1 "2005-10-22T04:27:16Z")

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i am looking for a php template engine. what do you recommand?  
– able to input template from file or string  
– able to output html into a string or print out to a stream (similar to [font=courier]sprintf()[/font] and [font=courier]printf()[/font])  
– support nested blocks  
– easy interface  
– compact and fast

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