Template Compiler.

Template Compiler.

Feachures

Handles special tags and replaces them with commands of the php interpreter.

Transforms template variables to php variables.

It is able recursively execute functions and directives:

FOREACH, IF, ELSE, ELSEIF, SWITCH, CASE, BREAK, DEFAULT, INCLUDE, CONTINUE.

There is a possibility of compressing and caching the result.

To control the compilation uses the HTML comment tags.

This makes the template friendly and intuitive even for the inexperienced designer.

Requirements

This program requires PHP 5.4+

List of template functions

<!-- FOREACH $array -->
<!-- FOREACH $array.index -->
<!-- CONTINUE -->
<!-- IF $variable -->
<!-- IF $var1 == $var2 -->
<!-- IF !empty($varable) -->
<!-- ELSEIF $variable -->
<!-- ELSEIF $var1 == $var2 -->
<!-- ELSEIF !empty($variable) -->
<!-- ELSE -->
<!-- SWITCH $variable -->
<!-- CASE $variable -->
<!-- BREAK -->
<!-- DEFAULT -->
<!-- INCLUDE filename -->
<!-- END --> Closes FOREACH IF SWITCH

Template constants and variables

{CONSTANT} means CONSTANT

$variable means $variable

$variable.index means $variable['index']

[$variable] or [$variable.index] is used in special case, ex. style="width:[$variable.width]px"

__$variable__ or __Any words__ when you need translations into another language

Example

<div class="header center">Example</div>
<!-- INCLUDE menu -->
<div class="page">
...
</div>
This is template to include
<div class="main-menu center">
<ul class="menu">
<!-- FOREACH $menu -->
<li>
<a href="$menu.link">$menu.name</a>
<!-- IF !empty($menu.sections) -->
<ul>
<!-- FOREACH $menu.sections -->
<li><a href="$sections.link" style="width:[$sections.width]px">$sections.title</a></li>
<!-- END -->
</ul>
<!-- END -->
</li>
<!-- END -->
</ul>
</div>

Result

<div class="header center">Example</div>
<div class="main-menu center">
<ul class="menu">
<li>
<a href="#">Index</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">Publications</a>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#" style="width:100px">News</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" style="width:200px">Articles</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="page">
...
</div>

After finishing (removing newlines) the data file will be placed in one line.

The original code: (https://github.com/Greenray/css-optimizer).

Copyright (C) 2016 Victor Nabatov greenray.spb@gmail.com