Hi, A pal of mine needed some help on his project, he is using a "header" and "footer" file to "template" his project... but its gotten a bit complicated as he has a few dynamic parts in the header and footer files, so I told him to go with a proper templating method of templating the whole page rather than includ()ing the top and bottom. After having a better look at his scripts, I am just not sure if something big (like SMARTY for instance) would be good for him. He just needs maybe 5 template pages, same pages, different color. Searching google I see literally hundreds of "templating solutions" can anyone recommend a simple one or should I tell him to just use str_replace() for tags like: {{menu_here}} {{header_here} etc? Something like SMARTY would be like using a nuke to kill a fly (IMHO) esp since this project will not expand to anything much bigger or complicated. Thanks! Ryan ------ - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php