This library integrates Laravel's Blad Engine into Codeigniter with a theming functionality so you are not only limited to displaying views in the traditional CI style but it gives you the power to have as many themes as you want in one CI installation and you can switch themes anytime and anywhere you want.
- Clone/Download this repository.
- Copy all files to your CodeIgniter folder.
- Open
application/config/autoload.php - Add
themeto the following arrays$autoload['libraries'] = array('theme');
$autoload['helper'] = array('theme','url');
$autoload['config'] = array('theme');
We are using duncan3dc/blade which is a standalone package of Blade. So Install the said package via Composer by issuing this command
composer require duncan3dc/bladeMake sure you have Configured Using Composer with your CodeIgniter in config.php file
- Create a Directory
themesin your CodeIgniter's root directory - You are free to Change the name of
themesdirectory - Create
defaultdirectory in thethemesdirectory - Open
application/config/theme.php - You can see some Configuration items.
- If you have changed the name of
themesdirectory, configure that in$config['theme_directory'] = FCPATH.'themes'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
- If you have changed the sub directory of themes from
defaultto something else, Configure that in$config['theme_default'] = 'default';
In the application/config/theme.php file, You have configured the default theme name.
Which will be used as your default directory where the library will look for views/template files.
Go to themes/default directory and create welcome.blade.php file.
Paste the following Text in that file.
<DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>{{$page_title}} - CodeIgniter</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Welcome {{$person_name}}!</h1>
</body>
</html>Now in your controller, do the following
<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Welcome extends CI_Controller {
public function index()
{
$view_data = array(
'page_title' => 'Blade template Engine came to CodeIgniter',
'person_name' => 'Fayaz Khan'
);
$this->theme->display('welcome',$view_data);
}
}That's it, Navigate to /welcome and you will see the Blade template engine working the way you want,
You can find usage and all documentation of Blade Template engine @ Laravel Official Website
This is the initial version of blade theming engine. I am looking forward to see your feedback and suggestions. I will be adding more features to this library as I get free time.
Happy Coding