[ANNOUNCEMENT] HTML_Template_Sigma-1.3.0 (stable) Released.

The new PEAR package HTML_Template_Sigma-1.3.0 (stable) has been released at http://pear.php.net/.

Release notes
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* Implemented a more robust cache writing algorithm, this should prevent
  writing empty cache files and reading incomplete ones (bug #19220)
* Got rid of deprecated 'e' modifier for preg_replace(),
  preg_replace_callback() is now used instead (bug #20068)
* Fixed built-in 'j' callback to allow using escaped strings in inline JS

* Updated code to better conform to PEAR coding standards
* Updated code and tests to generate fewer errors under PHP5
* The minimum PHP version is now 4.3.0, as file_get_contents() is used

Package Info
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HTML_Template_Sigma implements Integrated Templates API designed by Ulf Wendel.

Features:
* Nested blocks. Nesting is controlled by the engine.
* Ability to include files from within template: <!-- INCLUDE -->
* Automatic removal of empty blocks and unknown variables (methods to manually tweak/override this are also available)
* Methods for runtime addition and replacement of blocks in templates
* Ability to insert simple function calls into templates: func_uppercase('Hello world!') and to define callback functions for these
* 'Compiled' templates: the engine has to parse a template file using regular expressions to find all the blocks and variable placeholders. This is a very "expensive" operation and is an overkill to do on every page request: templates seldom change on production websites. Thus this feature: an internal representation of the template structure is saved into a file and this file gets loaded instead of the source one on subsequent requests (unless the source changes)
* PHPUnit-based tests to define correct behaviour
* Usage examples for most of the features are available, look in the docs/ directory

Related Links
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Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Template_Sigma
   Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Template_Sigma/download/1.3.0
    Download: http://download.pear.php.net/package/HTML_Template_Sigma-1.3.0.tgz

Authors
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Alexey Borzov (lead)