Views

View files live in the views folder. The framework uses roolith/template-engine under the hood. There is no new template syntax, just plain PHP with output buffering and no eval.

File Structure

views/
├── 404.php
├── home.php
└── partials/
    ├── header.php
    └── footer.php

Rendering

From a controller, call $this->view($filename, $data). The filename maps directly to a file in the views folder.

return $this->view('home', [
    'content' => 'home content',
    'title' => 'home page',
]);

Injecting Partials

Use $this->inject() to include another view.

<?php $this->inject('partials/header') ?>

    <p><?= $this->escape('content') ?></p>

<?php $this->inject('partials/footer') ?>

Printing Data

Use the escape method to escape a variable or print it plainly.

<title><?= $this->escape('title') ?></title>

or

<title><?= $title ?></title>

URLs to Assets

The url method prefixes the base URL from the config.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?= $this->url('assets/app.css') ?>">
<script src="<?= $this->url('assets/app.js') ?>"></script>

Nested Views

A dot path compiles to a folder plus file.

$view->compile('nested.template', $data);

This looks for the nested folder and the template.php file inside it.

Error Page

If no route matches, the framework renders views/404.php by default.