What are the real advantages of templating engines over just using PHP?

Question

I develop my web applications using only PHP for the view files and I don\'t feel limited in any way, but I hear there\'s a consistent number of developers advocating \"external

Answer 1

Easy switching between views

With the current state of the web, I need to provide my information in different formats:

• A static html page
• A dynamically loaded view on another HTML page
• A JSON object of the data
• An XML feed of the data, used in my flash part

The information for these formats can be equal, only the view differs. Using some sort of template engine, I can quickly switch between these views.