Smarty Framework or template engine

Question

I have spoke to many people working in PHP.When ever I say to them I am working in smarty framework they tell me its a template system.But I know smarty uses MVC pattern to create and maintain web sites.

Is PHP Smarty a Template Engine or Framework or Both?

Please Explain the same

Answer 1

What is Smarty?

Smarty is a template engine for PHP, facilitating the separation of presentation (HTML/CSS) from application logic. This implies that PHP code is application logic, and is separated from the presentation.

What Smarty is Not

Smarty is not an application development framework. Smarty is not an MVC. Smarty is not an alternative to Zend Framework, CodeIgniter, CakePHP, or any of the other application development frameworks for PHP.

http://www.smarty.net/about_smarty

http://smarty.incutio.com/?page=SmartyFrequentlyAskedQuestions#basics-1