example_sane_rendering.php

<?php
class View{
  var $attributes = array();
  var $object;

  public function __construct($object) {
    $this->object = $object;
    $reflection = new ReflectionClass($object);
    $props = $reflection->getProperties(ReflectionProperty::IS_PUBLIC);
    foreach ($props as $prop) {
      $name = $prop->getName();
      $this->attributes[$name] = $object->$name; #optionally add some typecasting or sanitising here. E.g. if the prop-name ends with _at (created_at) it is a Timestamp, parse it to an actiual Date/Time in that case.
    }
  }

  public function h($name, $fallback = "") {
    if (array_key_exists($name, $attributes)) {
      $value = $attributes[$name];
    }
    else {
      $value = $fallback;
    }
    return htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
  }

  public function form_tag() {
    $output = "<form action=\"{get_class($this->object)}\">";
    return $output;
  }

  public function text_field_for($name) {
    $output = "<input type=\"text\" value=\"{$this->h("name")}\"/>";
    return $output;
  }
}

$v = new View($site)
?>

  <h2><?php echo $v->h("name") ?></h2>

  <?php echo $v->form_tag(); ?>
    <?php echo $v->text_field_for("primary_domain") ?>
  </form>