Execute PHP template from file and return the result as a string

function.sliceTemplate.php

<?php
/*
 * SliceTemplate - Execute PHP template from file and return the result as a string
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2013 Antonio Rodríguez Ruiz
 *
 * Licensed under the MIT license:
 *   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 *
 * Project home:
 *   http://outbook.es
 *
 * Version:  1.0.0
 *
 * Params:
 *  - tmpl_file: PHP file which contains the template. String. Mandatory
 *  - vars: array with variables. Array. Optional
 *
 * sliceTemplate('template.php', array('variable1' => 'value1', 'variable2' => 'value2'))
 *
 *
 */
function sliceTemplate($tmpl, $vars = array()) {
  extract($vars);
  ob_start();
  require($tmpl);
  $parsedTemplate = ob_get_contents();
  ob_end_clean();
  return $parsedTemplate;
}
 
?>