Jade - template compiler for PHP5.3
Jade is a high performance template compiler heavily influenced by Haml
and implemented for PHP 5.3., (*1)
Features
- high performance parser
- great readability
- contextual error reporting at compile & run time
- html 5 mode (using the !!! 5 doctype)
- combine dynamic and static tag classes
- no tag prefix
- clear & beautiful HTML output
- filters
- :php
- :cdata
- :css
- :javascript
- you even can write & add own filters throught API
- TextMate Bundle
- VIM Plugin
Public API
$dumper = new PHPDumper();
$dumper->registerVisitor('tag', new AutotagsVisitor());
$dumper->registerFilter('javascript', new JavaScriptFilter());
$dumper->registerFilter('cdata', new CDATAFilter());
$dumper->registerFilter('php', new PHPFilter());
$dumper->registerFilter('style', new CSSFilter());
// Initialize parser & Jade
$parser = new Parser(new Lexer());
$jade = new Jade($parser, $dumper);
// Parse a template (both string & file containers)
echo $jade->render($template);
Syntax
Line Endings
CRLF and CR are converted to LF before parsing., (*2)
Indentation
Jade is indentation based, however currently only supports a 2 space indent., (*3)
A tag is simply a leading word:, (*4)
html
for example is converted to <html></html>, (*5)
tags can also have ids:, (*6)
div#container
which would render <div id="container"></div>, (*7)
how about some classes?, (*8)
div.user-details
renders <div class="user-details"></div>, (*9)
multiple classes? and an id? sure:, (*10)
div#foo.bar.baz
renders <div id="foo" class="bar baz"></div>, (*11)
div div div sure is annoying, how about:, (*12)
#foo
.bar
which is syntactic sugar for what we have already been doing, and outputs:, (*13)
<div id="foo"></div><div class="bar"></div>
jade.php has a feature, called "autotags". It's just snippets for tags. Autotags will expand to basic tags with custom attributes. For example:, (*14)
input:text
will expand to <input type="text" /> & it's the same as input( type="text" ), but shorter.
Another examples:, (*15)
input:submit( value="Send" )
will become <input type="submit" value="Send" />., (*16)
You can even add you own autotags with:, (*17)
$parser->setAutotag('input:progress', 'input', array('type'=>'text', class=>'progress-bar'));
that will expands to <input type="text" class="progress-bar" />., (*18)
It also supports new HTML5 tags (input:email => <input type="email"/>)., (*19)
Tag Text
Simply place some content after the tag:, (*20)
p wahoo!
renders <p>wahoo!</p>., (*21)
well cool, but how about large bodies of text:, (*22)
p
| foo bar baz
| rawr rawr
| super cool
| go Jade go
renders <p>foo bar baz rawr.....</p>, (*23)
Actually want <?php echo ... ?> for some reason? Use {{}} instead:, (*24)
p {{$something}}
now we have <p><?php echo $something ?></p>, (*25)
Nesting
ul
li one
li two
li three
Attributes
Jade currently supports '(' and ')' as attribute delimiters., (*26)
a(href='/login', title='View login page') Login
Alternatively we may use the colon to separate pairs:, (*27)
a(href: '/login', title: 'View login page') Login
Boolean attributes are also supported:, (*28)
input(type="checkbox", checked)
Boolean attributes with code will only output the attribute when true:, (*29)
input(type="checkbox", checked: someValue)
Note: Leading / trailing whitespace is ignore for attr pairs., (*30)
Doctypes
To add a doctype simply use !!! followed by an optional value:, (*31)
!!!
Will output the transitional doctype, however:, (*32)
!!! 5
Will output html 5's doctype. Below are the doctypes
defined by default, which can easily be extended:, (*33)
$doctypes = array(
'5' => '<!DOCTYPE html>',
'xml' => '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>',
'default' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">',
'transitional' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">',
'strict' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">',
'frameset' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-frameset.dtd">',
'1.1' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">',
'basic' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML Basic 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-basic/xhtml-basic11.dtd">',
'mobile' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.2//EN" "http://www.openmobilealliance.org/tech/DTD/xhtml-mobile12.dtd">'
);
Jade supports sharp comments (//- COMMENT). So jade block:, (*34)
//- JADE
- $foo = "<script>";
p
//- ##### COMMENTS ARE SUPPER! ######
- switch ($foo)
-case 2
p.foo= $foo
//- - case 'strong'
//- strong#name= $foo * 2
- case 5
p some text
will be compiled into:, (*35)
<?php $foo = "<script>"; ?>
<p>
<?php switch ($foo) ?>
<?php case 2 ?>
<p class="foo"><?php echo $foo ?></p>
<?php break; ?>
<?php case 5 ?>
<p>some text</p>
<?php break; ?>
<?php endswitch; ?>
</p>
Jade supports HTML comments (// comment). So block:, (*36)
peanutbutterjelly
// This is the peanutbutterjelly element
| I like sandwiches!
will become:, (*37)
<peanutbutterjelly>
<!-- This is the peanutbutterjelly element -->
I like sandwiches!
</peanutbutterjelly>
As with multiline comments:, (*38)
//
p This doesn't render...
div
h1 Because it's commented out!
that compile to:, (*39)
<!--
<p>This doesn't render...</p>
<div>
<h1>Because it's commented out!</h1>
</div>
-->
Also, Jade supports IE conditional comments, so:, (*40)
// [if IE]
a( href = 'http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/' )
h1 Get Firefox
will be parsed to:, (*41)
<!--[if IE]>
<a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/">
<h1>Get Firefox</h1>
</a>
<![endif]-->
Filters
Filters are prefixed with :, for example :javascript or :cdata and
pass the following block of text to an arbitrary function for processing. View the features
at the top of this document for available filters., (*42)
body
:php
| $data = 40;
| $data /= 2;
| echo $data;
Renders:, (*43)
<body>
<?php
$data = 40;
$data /= 2;
echo $data;
?>
</body>
Code
Buffered / Non-buffered output
Jade currently supports two classifications of executable code. The first
is prefixed by -, and is not buffered:, (*44)
- var $foo = 'bar';
This can be used for conditionals, or iteration:, (*45)
- foreach ($items as $item):
p= $item
Due to Jade's buffering techniques the following is valid as well:, (*46)
- if ($foo):
ul
li yay
li foo
li worked
- else:
p hey! didnt work
Second is echoed code, which is used to
echo a return value, which is prefixed by =:, (*47)
- $foo = 'bar'
= $foo
h1= $foo
Which outputs, (*48)
<?php $foo = 'bar' ?>
<?php echo $foo ?>
<h1><?php echo $foo ?></h1>
Code blocks
Also, Jade has Code Blocks, that supports basic PHP template syntax:, (*49)
ul
- while (true):
li item
Will be rendered to:, (*50)
<ul>
<?php while (true): ?>
<li>item</li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
But don't forget about colons : after instructions start (- if(true) :)., (*51)
There's bunch of default ones: if, else, elseif, while, for, foreach, switch, case., (*52)