# Yaf_View_Simple::__construct

(Yaf >=1.0.0)

Yaf_View_Simple::__construct — Constructor of Yaf_View_Simple

### Description

final public Yaf_View_Simple::__construct ( string `$template_dir` [, array `$options` ] )

### Parameters

`template_dir`

  The base directory of the templates, by default, it is APPLICATOIN . "/views" for Yaf.

`options`

      Options for the engine, as of Yaf 2.1.13, you can use short tag
            "<?=$var?>" in your template(regardless of "short_open_tag"),
            so comes a option named "short_tag",  you can switch this off
            to prevent use short_tag in template.

### Examples

Example #1 Yaf_View_Simple::__constructor()example

`<?php
define ("TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY", APPLICATOIN_PATH . '/views');
$view = new Yaf_View_Simple(TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY, array(
'short_tag' => false //doesn't allow use short tag in template
));
?>`

### Return Values