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kfreiman/yii2-lightncandy
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The LightnCandy integration for the Yii2 framework.

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yii2-lightncandy
================

[](#yii2-lightncandy)

Yii2 lightncandy extention/

This extension provides a `ViewRender` that would allow you to use [LightnCandy](https://github.com/zordius/lightncandy), an extremely fast PHP implementation of handlebars and mustache.

To use this extension, simply add the following code in your application configuration:

```
return [
    //....
    'components' => [
        'view' => [
            'renderers' => [
                'handlebars' => [
                    'class' => 'kfreiman\lightncandy\ViewRenderer',
                    // the file extension of Handlebars templates
                    // 'extension' => ['.handlebars', '.mustache']',
                    // path alias pointing to where Handlebars cache will be stored. Set to false to disable templates cache.
                    // 'cache_preffix' => 'LightnCandy_',
                    // 'flags' => LightnCandy::FLAG_INSTANCE |
                    //    LightnCandy::FLAG_NOESCAPE |
                    //    LightnCandy::FLAG_SPVARS |
                    //    LightnCandy::FLAG_RUNTIMEPARTIAL |
                    //    LightnCandy::FLAG_HANDLEBARSJS
                    //
                    //    and at Yii dev enviroment
                    //    LightnCandy::FLAG_ERROR_EXCEPTION |
                    //    LightnCandy::FLAG_RENDER_DEBUG
                    //  additional LightnCandy options
                    // 'options' => []',
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ],
];
```

Or, you can declarate view component in your code

```
Yii::$app->set('view', [
    'class' => 'yii\web\View',
    'renderers' => [
        'handlebars' => [
            'class' => 'kfreiman\lightncandy\ViewRenderer',
            'extension' => ['.handlebars','.js','.mustache'],
        ],
    ]
]);
```

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist kfreiman/yii2-lightncandy

```

or add

```
"kfreiman/yii2-lightncandy": "*"

```

to the require section of your composer.json.

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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