require_once realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../config.php');

function renderLayoutWithContentFile($contentFile, $variables = array(), $css = array())

{

    $contentFileFullPath = TEMPLATES_PATH.'/'.$contentFile;

    // making sure passed in variables are in scope of the template

    // each key in the $variables array will become a variable

    if (count($variables) > 0) {

        foreach ($variables as $key => $value) {

            if (strlen($key) > 0) {

                ${$key} = $value;

    }

    require_once TEMPLATES_PATH.'/header.php';

    echo "<div id=\"container\">\n"

       ."\t<div id=\"content\">\n";

    if (file_exists($contentFileFullPath)) {

        require_once $contentFileFullPath;

    } else {

        /*

            If the file isn't found the error can be handled in lots of ways.

            In this case we will just include an error template.

        */

        require_once TEMPLATES_PATH.'/error.php';

    }

    // close content div

    echo "\t</div>\n";

    // close container div

    echo "</div>\n";

    require_once TEMPLATES_PATH.'/footer.php';

}