Text::ScriptTemplate 0.08

Text::ScriptTemplate is a standalone ASP/JSP/PHP-style template processor.

SYNOPSIS

use Text::ScriptTemplate;

$text = <<EOF; # PHP/JSP/ASP-style template
< % for (1..3) { % > # - any Perl expression is supported
Message is: < %= $TEXT % >. # - also supports variable expansion
< % } % >
EOF

$tmpl = new Text::ScriptTemplate; # create processor object
$tmpl->setq(TEXT => "hello, world"); # export data to template

# load, fill, and print expanded result in single action
print $tmpl->pack($text)->fill;

This is a successor of Text::SimpleTemplate, a module for template- based text generation.

Template-based text generation is a way to separate program code and data, so non-programmer can control final result (like HTML) as desired without tweaking the program code itself. By doing so, jobs like website maintenance is much easier because you can leave program code unchanged even if page redesign was needed.

The idea of this module is simple. Whenever a block of text surrounded by (or any pair of delimiters you specify) is found, it will be taken as Perl expression, and will be handled specially by template processing engine. With this module, Perl script and text can be intermixed closely.

Major goal of this library is to provide support of powerful PHP-style template with smaller resource. This is useful when PHP, Java/JSP, or Apache::ASP is overkill, but their template style is still desired.