It's kind of 2000-ish, but it's not ugly. It's simple, clear, concise and would do exactly what's required if not for the call to an undefined function. What benefit would an MVC framework have here? A fancy powered hammer that can get into tight corners and automatically hammer nails is really cool, but sometimes all you need is the bottom of your shoe.

How is that ugly? It's just an include, three function calls, and a lot of inline HTML....