// *************************************************************

// This function load the current defined template file. If the

// template file not exists, the function dies with an error message.

//

//      (string) string return_template( (string) $file )

function return_template ( $file ) {

(string) $tpl = implode( '', file( $file ) ) or

    die ( "Can't load \"".$file."\" as template file!" );

return $tpl;

}