Simple example

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Template file: authors.tpl

<html>
 <head><title>{PAGE_TITLE}</title></head>
 <body>
  <table>
   <caption>Authors</caption>
   <thead>
    <tr><th>Name</th><th>Email</th></tr>
   </thead>
   <tfoot>
    <tr><td colspan="2">{NUM_AUTHORS}</td></tr>
   </tfoot>
   <tbody>
<!-- BEGIN authorline -->
    <tr><td>{AUTHOR_NAME}</td><td>{AUTHOR_EMAIL}</td></tr>
<!-- END authorline -->
   </tbody>
  </table>
 </body>
</html>

PHP code: authors.php

<?php
//we want to display this author list
$authors = array(
'Author 1'  => 'author1@php.net',
'Author 2'  => 'author2@yahoo.com'
);
 
//load file
$tpl->setFile('tpl_authors', 'authors.tpl');
//set block
$tpl->setBlock('tpl_authors', 'authorline', 'authorline_block');
//set some variables
$tpl->setVar('NUM_AUTHORS', count($authors));
$tpl->setVar('PAGE_TITLE', 'Code authors as of ' . date('Y-m-d'));
 
//display the authors
foreach ($authors as $name => $email) {
$tpl->setVar('AUTHOR_NAME', $name);
$tpl->setVar('AUTHOR_EMAIL', $email);
$tpl->parse('authorline_block', 'authorline', true);
}
 
// parse and print the output
$tpl->pparse('OUTPUT', 'tpl_authors');
?>

Simple example

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