Smarty is NOT the only option for PHP templates anymore.

At my work, instead of using Smarty in a SDK sample PHP app we might give our clients, we will offer a PHP-only implemenation with simple includes bringing in common HTML. That way if a client is using a different template they won't have a nose bleed. I'm glad I don't do PHP anymore. Just Googling for templates revealed too many options. Examples:

• http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/templates
• http://dwoo.org/
• http://phpsavant.com/

I'm an old man and I remember when Smarty was new and first.