You might try using the first pass of a regular C compiler, the 
pre-compiler, which expands macro definitions.  It shouldn't have any 
problems with the structure of PHP, except for the # comments which it would 
mistake for its own pre-compiler declarations.

Otherwise, may I sugest you check in the archives my own posting with the 
subject "XML/HTML specific instructions"?

Satyam


"Evert | Rooftop Solutions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi all,
>
> I'm working on a template system which works a bit like a text translation 
> block. The data looks for example like:
>
> beginblock <div class="block">
> endblock </div>
> beginauthor <span class="author">
> endauthor </div>
>
>
> The list is going to be very large, it will have several overlays and not 
> all pages need all items in the list. (usually just a fraction)
>
> What will be the smartest way to implement this? I need a low-memory cost 
> and fast solution
> I can do it with a php script, like:
>
> $list = array(
>  'beginblock' => '<div class="block">',
>
>  etc.
>
> );
>
> but this will use up too much memory. I could additionally do it with a 
> textfile, but if I need to loop through it at every lookup it will be 
> slow..
>
> What are your suggestions?
>
> regards,
> Evert 

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