template

t.php

<?php
function t($t,$d='data'){return "extract(\$$d);".str_replace(['{{','}}','{%','%}'],['");$c(',');$c("','");','$c("'],'%}'.$t.'{%');}


// demo
$data = [
    'title' => 'test title',
    'messages' => ['message1', 'message2', 'message3']
];
$c='print_r';
  

// compile template and save to file
file_put_contents($target_file, '<?php '. t(file_get_contents('test.tpl')));
include ($target_file);
  
// compile template into function.
$f = create_function('$d,$c', $t = t(file_get_contents('test.tpl'), 'd'));
$f($data, 'print_r');

test.tpl

<h1>{{$title}}</h1>

{% foreach($messages as $message){ %}
  <p>{{$message}}</p>
{% } %}