README

Simple way to integrate Smarty template engine into Codeigniter 4

Installation

Use the package manager composer to install Smarty.

composer require asanusi007/ci4-smarty

Usage

Open BaseController.php inside app/Controllers/BaseController.php and add this code

use Asanusi007\Smarty\Traits\Viewable;

/**
 * Class BaseController
 *
 * BaseController provides a convenient place for loading components
 * and performing functions that are needed by all your controllers.
 * Extend this class in any new controllers:
 *     class Home extends BaseController
 *
 * For security be sure to declare any new methods as protected or private.
 */
abstract class BaseController extends Controller
{
    use Viewable;

....

}

And then, you can use it like this:

class Home extends BaseController
{
    public function index()
    {
        $data['title'] = 'Home';
        return $this->parse('home', $data);
    }
}

Configuration

You can change the default configuration by copy a file named smarty.php in the Src/Config/ folder to app/Config/Smarty.php, then you can change the configuration as you want.

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Config;

use CodeIgniter\Config\BaseConfig;

class Smarty extends BaseConfig
{
    // Smarty caching enabled by default unless explicitly set to FALSE
    public $cache_status = false;

    // Cache lifetime. Default value is 3600 seconds (1 hour) Smarty's default value
    public $cache_lifetime = -1;

    // Where templates are compiled
    public $compile_directory = WRITEPATH . 'cache/smarty/compiled/';

    // Where templates are cached
    public $cache_directory = WRITEPATH . 'cache/smarty/cached/';

    // Where Smarty configs are located
    public $config_directory = APPPATH . 'third_party/Smarty/configs/';

    // Where Smarty views are located
    public $template_directory = [
        APPPATH . 'Views/',
        APPPATH . 'Views/admin/',
        APPPATH . 'Views/website/',
    ];

    // Default extension of templates if one isn't supplied
    public $template_ext = 'tpl';

    // Error reporting level to use while processing templates
    public $template_error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE;

    // Debug mode turned on or off (TRUE / FALSE)
    public $smarty_debug     = false;
    public $smarty_modifiers = [];
}

Template Folder

By default, the template folder is app/Views/ and the template file extension is .tpl.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

for futher information, you can visit Smarty Documentation

License

MIT