TemplateEngine for Wordpress

TemplateEngine.php

<?php
/**
 * 	Include any file and pass values to it.
 * 
 * 	Written by Chris Arter
 */
class TemplateEngine  {
	
	
		/**
		 * Retrieves the template section and brings in inputs for template section to access
		 * @param  String $path  	Path of template file. Can be full path or relative to theme root.
		 * @param  Array $input 	This array will be available to the target template file
		 * @return markup        	Returns the markup with the combined input and template file.
		 */
		public static function get( String $path, $input = null, String $dataName = null ) {
			// Format the string if it does not contain a forward slash.
			$path = self::formatPath( $path );
			
			if( $dataName ) {
				${$dataName} = $input;
				$input; 
			
			} else {
				$input;
			}
			
			self::getMarkup( include($path) );
		}
		/**
		 * Checks if path has forward slash. Adds if it doesn't.
		 * @param  String $string Path to be formatted
		 * @return String         Formatted string
		 */
		protected static function forwardSlashCheck($string) {
			if( ! $string[0] ==  '/'){
				return '/'.$string;
			}
			return $string;
		}
		/**
		 * Checks if the string already contains a full path or not.
		 * @param  String $path Path to be formatted
		 * @return String       Formatted string
		 */
		protected static function fullPathCheck( $path ) {
			if( strpos($path, get_stylesheet_directory()) ){
	
				return $string;
			} else {
				return get_stylesheet_directory() . $path;
			}
		
		}
		/**
		 * Runs the format sequence of backslash check and full path check
		 * @param  String $path String to be formatted
		 * @return String       Formatted String
		 */
		protected static function formatPath( $path ){
			$string = self::forwardSlashCheck($path); 
			return self::fullPathCheck($string);
		}
		/**
		 * Inject markup 
		 * @param  html $input input being injected
		 * @return markup        return the markup.
		 */
		protected static function getMarkup( $input ) {
			ob_start();
			$input;
			$html = ob_get_clean();
			echo $html;
		}
		/**
		 * Associates $input variable in get method with data name
		 * @param  data      $input    		Data to be associated
		 * @param  String|null $dataName 	Name of the variable in the template section
		 * @return input                	Returns the input and associates with array.
		 */	
		protected static function dataHandler( $input, String $dataName = null ){
				if( $dataName ) {
				${$dataName} = $input;
				return $input; 
			
			} else {
				return $input;
			}
		}
}