An easy view class to use in WordPress plugins

MyView.class.php

<?php

    class My_View {  

        /**
         * Path of the view to render
         */
        var $view = "";
        
        /**
         * Variables for the view
         */
        var $vars = array();

        /**
         * Construct a view from a file in the 
         */
        public function __construct($view) {
            if (file_exists(MY_PLUGIN_ABS_PATH."/views/".$view.".view.php")) {
                $this->view = MY_PLUGIN_ABS_PATH."/views/".$view.".view.php";
            } else {
                wp_die(__("View ".SPT_PLUGIN_ABS_PATH."/views/".$view.".view.php"." not found"));
            }
        }


        /**
         * set a variable which gets rendered in the view
         */
        public function set($name,$value) {
            $this->vars[$name] = $value;
        }


        /**
         * render the view
         */
        public function render() {
            extract($this->vars,EXTR_SKIP);
            ob_start();
            include $this->view;
            echo ob_get_clean();
        }
    }