PHPackages dakota/cakephp\_less - PHPackages - PHPackages [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register) 1. [Directory](/) 2. / 3. dakota/cakephp\_less ActiveCakephp-plugin dakota/cakephp\_less ==================== CakePHP plugin that converts your .less files to .css using only PHP v2.0.2(12y ago)023MITPHPPHP >=5.2.0 Since May 30Pushed 12y agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/dakota/less)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dakota/cakephp_less)[ Docs](http://github.com/dakota/less)[ RSS](/packages/dakota-cakephp-less/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (4)Used By (0) LESS Helper ----------- [](#less-helper) This little Helper converts your .less files into .css without relying on Node.js or client-side parsing. Everything is compiled on the server, cached, and served as regular css through PHP. Installation ------------ [](#installation) ### Get the files in place [](#get-the-files-in-place) #### Composer [](#composer) If you are using composer, simply add ``` "dakota/cakephp_less": ">=2.0.0" ``` to your composer.json file. #### Git submodule [](#git-submodule) If you are developing your application with Git already, you can install the plugin as a submodule. In your git base folder type ``` git submodule add https://github.com/dakota/less.git Plugin/CakephpLess ``` #### Git clone [](#git-clone) In your plugin directory type ``` git clone https://github.com/Dakota/less.git CakephpLess ``` ### Initialize lessphp submodule and download files [](#initialize-lessphp-submodule-and-download-files) If you are using Composer, you can skip this step. In the plugin folder ('Plugins/CakephpLess') type ``` git submodule init git submodule update ``` ### Create cache and less folders [](#create-cache-and-less-folders) - Create a folder called `less` in `app/webroot/` - Create a folder called `less` in `app/tmp/cache` - Apply `chmod 777` to your `css` folder. (The Less Helper will place all compiled css files in your css-directory) Usage ----- [](#usage) Where you want to use LESS files, add the helper. Usually this will be your `AppController`. ``` public $helpers = array('CakephpLess.Less'); ``` Next, simply add the less files to your views: ``` echo $this->Less->css('yourfile'); ``` or if the less file is located in the webroot of a plugin ``` echo $this->Less->css('yourfile',array('plugin' => 'PluginFolderName')); ``` or ``` echo $this->Less->css(array( 'bootstrap/bootstrap', 'prettify', ) ); ``` It doesn't matter if you link to stolen .css files directly, the Helper will check for the existance of a .less version first, and fall back if it doesn't find one. If it does find a corresponding .less file with the same name in your less directory, it will compile it to css and place it in your css directory ### Health Score 27 — LowBetter than 49% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity6 Limited adoption so far Community12 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity60 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 84.8% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~0 days Total 3 Last Release 4727d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c82aedaabc1d940ea0e140150a1abcf9bb02c480d7fc9409d27645639f97b43d?d=identicon)[dakota](/maintainers/dakota) --- Top Contributors [![Hyra](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/380836?v=4)](https://github.com/Hyra "Hyra (39 commits)")[![bfncs](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1049882?v=4)](https://github.com/bfncs "bfncs (2 commits)")[![ybenassuli](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4007074?v=4)](https://github.com/ybenassuli "ybenassuli (2 commits)")[![bfanger](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/207248?v=4)](https://github.com/bfanger "bfanger (1 commits)")[![electblake](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22871?v=4)](https://github.com/electblake "electblake (1 commits)")[![Maff-](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/371966?v=4)](https://github.com/Maff- "Maff- (1 commits)") --- Tags csscakephpless ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/dakota-cakephp-less/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/dakota-cakephp-less/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/dakota-cakephp-less) ``` ### Alternatives [almasaeed2010/adminlte AdminLTE - admin control panel and dashboard that's based on Bootstrap 4 45.3k8.5M138](/packages/almasaeed2010-adminlte)[scssphp/scssphp scssphp is a compiler for SCSS written in PHP. 62827.7M220](/packages/scssphp-scssphp)[dmstr/yii2-adminlte-asset AdminLTE backend theme asset bundle for Yii 2.0 Framework 1.1k1.8M67](/packages/dmstr-yii2-adminlte-asset)[wikimedia/less.php PHP port of the LESS processor 12327.4M76](/packages/wikimedia-lessphp)[markstory/asset_compress An asset compression plugin for CakePHP. 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