8ig8/View.php

## controller.php
<?php
// usage
$view = new View( 'template.php' );
$view->title = 'My Title';
$view->text = 'Some text';

$nav = new View( 'nav.php' );
$nav->links = array( 'http://www.google.com' => 'Google', 'http://www.yahoo.com' => 'Yahoo' );

$view->nav = $nav;

echo $view;

## template.php
<?php
<html>
    <head>
        <title><?php echo $this->title ?></title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <?php echo $this->nav ?>
        <?php echo $this->escape( $this->text ) ?>
    </body>
</html>

//nav.phtml
<?php foreach( $this->links as $url => $link ): ?>
    <a href="<?php echo $url ?>"><?php echo $link ?></a>
<?php endforeach ?>

## View.php
<?php
// http://stackoverflow.com/a/529923
class View {
    protected $filename;
    protected $data;

    function __construct( $filename ) {
        $this->filename = $filename;
    }

    function escape( $str ) {
        return htmlspecialchars( $str ); //for example
    }

    function __get( $name ) {
        if( isset( $this->data[$name] ) ){
            return $this->data[$name];
        }
        return false;
    }

    function __set( $name, $value ) {
        $this->data[$name] = $value;
    }

    function render() {
        ob_start();
        include( $this->filename );
        return ob_get_clean();
    }

    function __toString() {
        return $this->render();
    }
}
	<?php
	// usage
	$view = new View( 'template.php' );
	$view->title = 'My Title';
	$view->text = 'Some text';

	$nav = new View( 'nav.php' );
	$nav->links = array( 'http://www.google.com' => 'Google', 'http://www.yahoo.com' => 'Yahoo' );

	$view->nav = $nav;

	echo $view;
	<?php
	<html>
	<head>
	<title><?php echo $this->title ?></title>
	</head>
	<body>
	<?php echo $this->nav ?>
	<?php echo $this->escape( $this->text ) ?>
	</body>
	</html>

	//nav.phtml
	<?php foreach( $this->links as $url => $link ): ?>
	<a href="<?php echo $url ?>"><?php echo $link ?></a>
	<?php endforeach ?>
	<?php
	// http://stackoverflow.com/a/529923
	class View {
	protected $filename;
	protected $data;

	function __construct( $filename ) {
	$this->filename = $filename;
	}

	function escape( $str ) {
	return htmlspecialchars( $str ); //for example
	}

	function __get( $name ) {
	if( isset( $this->data[$name] ) ){
	return $this->data[$name];
	}
	return false;
	}

	function __set( $name, $value ) {
	$this->data[$name] = $value;
	}

	function render() {
	ob_start();
	include( $this->filename );
	return ob_get_clean();
	}

	function __toString() {
	return $this->render();
	}
	}