Template Lite: The smaller, faster templating solution

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Alien Assault Traders - Browser based Multiplayer Online Game Truck Net Blogs - Free Truck Driver Blogs OZNet - Web Site hosting and developement company. Highland Springs Country Club
Template Lite Memory Usage
Template Engine Memory Usage under PHP 4.4.1 Template Lite 2.10 class.template.php - 148,344 bytes class.compiler.php - 175,580 bytes Smarty 2.6.13 Smarty.class.php - 193,020 bytes Smarty_Compiler.class.php* - 417,532 bytes * The smarty compiler loads various core modules. The total memory used includes those modules. Template Benchmark under PHP 5.1.1
Links to favorite Web Sites
ADOdb Lite - A smaller, faster replacement for ADOdb poor XML wrapper - Import/Export PHP variable arrays as XML
Who is the Author
I have been writing programs for computer systems since 1976 when I joined the Air Force in Computer Information Systems. I have worked on various projects over the years varying from commercial applications to online games. Way too many to mention here without completely boring everyone to death, if I haven't done so already. I am currently retired and working on a hobby browser based game called Alien Assault Traders. Mark Dickenson

Faster than Smarty® when compiling templates

Faster than Smarty® when displaying templates

Uses less memory compared to Smarty®

Supports most of the Smarty® features

A drop in replacement for Smarty®

New features added with each release

Actively developed project

Template lite was originally created by Paul Lockaby as a smaller replacement for Smarty®. The original package was called Smarty Light. Even though Smarty® is an Open Source project the creators of Smarty® decided to trademark the name Smarty®. Because of this trademarking of the name they contacted Paul Lockaby and told him he could nolonger use Smarty® in the name for the package.

Paul Lockaby gave me permission to fork the project if I wanted as he was closing down support and developement for Smarty Light. The initial release of Template Lite contained a few minor bug fixes and some extra features. For the most part Template Lite is a drop in replacement for Smarty®. The nice thing about this package is how it uses around half of the memory of Smarty® and it is considerably FASTER and far less CPU intensive when compiling and displaying templates.