README

This is FlipFlop. A super, super tiny view engine that is used by BIRD3 to display things in it's new Laravel core.

I made this since I just wanted to run regular PHP templates without anything super fancy. So I just made this!

Features at a glance

• A view is rendered into a layout by default.
• Partial views via __partial__ variable, or by using the FlipFlop facade.
• Views have contexts, so they can use $this.
• It just overrides your current PhpEngine, meaning that we are 100% API compatible.

Install

Your typical

composer require ingwiephoenix/bird3-flipflop

will work just fine.

Next, you'll want to pop config/app.php and look for

Illuminate\View\ViewServiceProvider::class,

... and add this underneath:

BIRD3\Extensions\FlipFlop\Providers\FlipFlopServiceProfider::class,

... and within the alias section, you'd add:

"FlipFlop" => BIRD3\Extensions\FlipFlop\Facades\FlipFlop::class,

.. and it's done!

Usage

<?php
// While bootstrapping...

// By default: app_path("Resources/Views/Layouts")
// But you can always append another path.
View::addLocation(app_path("Resources/theme"));

// Or add modules and such as "namespace". Note, the two are idendical.
View::addNamespace("Derp", app_path("Derp/Views"));

// When sending back a response...

Route::get("/", function(){
    return View::make("Derp::index");
});

Route::get("/bad-guy", function(){
    $view = View::make("Herp::showcase");
    return $view->with(["foo"=>42]);
});

// Use a custom context.
Route::get("/customer", function(){
    // Using traditional View API:
    $view = View::make("Customer::main");
    $view->getEngine()->setContext(Auth::user());

    // Via facade
    $view = FlipFlop::loadWithContext("Customer::main", Auth::user());

    return $view;
});

Layouts

You usually want to define your layout just like any other template. Say you put it into app/Resources/Views/Layouts/main.php, then you would be able to go right ahead, since this is the default that FlipFlop will look for. To change that:

FlipFlop::setDefaultLayout($viewName)

Just like views, layouts are resolved the same way.

You get the content of the view via the $contents variable - but you are free to use the features provided by the View facade as well. If you didn't know, check out what it can actually do.