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dotzero/yii-less
================

The Yii LessPhp extension that allows developers to compile LESS files into CSS on the fly, using the LessPhp compiler

v1.0.0(10y ago)05.0kMITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since May 2Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Yii LessPhp
===========

[](#yii-lessphp)

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**ELessPhp** is an extension for the **Yii PHP framework** that allows developers to compile LESS files into CSS on the fly, using the [LessPhp](http://leafo.net/lessphp/) compiler.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- [Yii Framework](https://github.com/yiisoft/yii) 1.1.14 or above
- [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/doc/)

Install
-------

[](#install)

### Via composer:

[](#via-composer)

```
$ composer require dotzero/yii-less
```

- Add vendor path to your configuration file, attach component and set properties:

```
'aliases' => array(
    ...
    'vendor' => realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../vendor'),
),
'components' => array(
    ...
    'less' => array(
        'class' => 'vendor.dotzero.yii-less.ELessCompiler',
        'lessphpDir' => 'vendor.leafo.lessphp', // Path alias of lessc.inc.php directory
        'forceCompile' => false, // Force recompile LESS into CSS every initializes the component
        'files' => array( // Files to compile (relative from your base path)
            'css/style.less' => 'css/style.css',
            'css/userstyle.less' => 'css/userstyle.css',
        ),
    ),
),
```

- Add the following to your config file `preload` section:

```
'preload' => array(
    ...
    'less',
),
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Licensed under the MIT license:

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3661d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/acb949df784d335647f74ca98bf03212a11f4f28ee459443aa599335de418c29?d=identicon)[dotzero](/maintainers/dotzero)

---

Top Contributors

[![dotzero](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/265633?v=4)](https://github.com/dotzero "dotzero (10 commits)")

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