how to creating php template file - php

Question

controller
$data["controller"] = $table;
$data["rows"] = $this->base_model->get();//get table attributes and names
$write_add = $this->load->view("generate/add",$data,TRUE);//load file into var
$file_vadd = fopen($path["dirname"].'/generate/views/'.$data["controller"].'/add.php',"w+"); //write to file
generate/add.php (template)
<?php echo "<?php " ?>echo form_open('<?=$controller?>/add'); ?>
<fieldset>
<legend>New <?=$controller?></legend>
<?php foreach($fields as $field): ?>
<label for="<?php echo $field->name?>" ><?php echo $field->name?></label>
<?php if(!empty($rel)) : ?>
<?php if($rel["rel_type"]==1 && $field->name == $rel["rel_fk"] ):?>
<select name="<?php echo $field->name?>" id="<?php echo $field->name?>">
<?php echo "<?php " ?> foreach($<?=$rel["rel_table"]?>_option as $<?=$rel["rel_table"]?>): ?>
<option value="<?php echo "<?php " ?>echo $<?=$rel["rel_table"]?>-><?=$rel["rel_pk"]?>; ?>" ><?php echo "<?php " ?>echo $<?=$rel["rel_table"]?>-><?=$rel["rel_view"]?> ;?></option>
<?php echo "<?php " ?> endforeach; ?>
</select>
<?php else: ?>
<input type="text" name="<?php echo $field->name?>" id="<?php echo $field->name?>" />
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach;?>
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="Add"/>
</fieldset>
</form>
i have a controller which will call this template to create views, controllers and models. i dont know a better way to do this and i dont like putting the php tag inside a php tag. suggestion?
This is like "bake" function in cakephp. But im creating a codeigniter version of bake. the script is running. But my code is messy.? looking for better way to manage the template file..

Answer 1

A simple way of doing this is enabling output buffering, including the php file (which lets it do its thing), end output buffering and saving the result in a file. Something along the lines of
ob_start();
include("foobar.php");
$temp .= ob_get_clean();
file_put_contents('foo.tpl', $temp);