james-draper/cocoon

A simple php view renderer.

Cocoon

A simple php view renderer., _(*1)

Requirements

• Composer
• PHP 7.1 or greater

Installation

To install Cocoon via composer, run the following command:, _(*2)

composer require james-draper/cocoon

Getting started

Here is a simple example of how to render a view, for a more detailed explanation consult the documentation., _(*3)

<?php

$factory = new \Cocoon\Factory([__DIR__ . '/views'])
return $factory
    ->create('path/to/template')
    ->setVar('some_var', 123)
    ->setVarRaw('some_other_var', 456)
    ->render();

The above code snippet first creates a factory, uses the factory to creates a view, assigns variables to that view, and then renders the view. Below is what the template file might contain., _(*4)

<p>var1: <?php echo $this->some_var; ?></p>
<p>var2: <?php echo $this->some_other_var; ?></p>