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laravelless/lessphp
===================

Lessphp leafo for Laravel 5

1.0.3(8y ago)390MIT

Since Jun 23Compare

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LESS For Laravel 5.x Without Node.js
====================================

[](#less-for-laravel-5x-without-nodejs)

LESS with your Laravel. Using [Leafo.php](http://leafo.net)

Features
========

[](#features)

- Can modify LESS variables on-the-fly
- Can parse custom CSS/LESS and append it to the resulting file
- Caching support

Installation
============

[](#installation)

You need [composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to install.

```
$ composer require laravelless/lessphp
```

Add Provider,Facade to **config/app.php**

```
    'providers' => [
        ...,
        Laravelless\Lessphp\LessphpServiceProvider::class,
    ];
    /**********/
    'aliases' => [
        ...,
        'Lessphp'   => Laravelless\Lessphp\LessphpFacade::class,
    ];
```

After that you need publish vendor.

```
$ php artisan vendor:publish
```

Now you must have **config/Lessphp.php** so you can edit that where is your LESS path and your file must be excute to CSS

```
    return array(
        'css_path'          => base_path('css'),
        'less_path'         => base_path('less'),
        'cache_extension'   => '.cache',
        'formatter'         => "compressed",
    );
```

Functions
=========

[](#functions)

For execute to css is simple :

```
    $filename = 'style.less';
    $less = \Lessphp::compile($filename);
```

**NOTE :** Lessphp return url("css/$filename.css") Will be fixed soon to dynamical path.

---

For execute cached less => css

```
    $filename = 'style.less';
    $less = \Lessphp::cacheCompile($filename);
```

**NOTE :** You can set output filename for cacheCompile as second parameter.

```
    $less = \Lessphp::cacheCompile($filename,'style-min');
```

---

You can set variables before compile like this :

```
    $data = [
                'myBorderRadius'=>'5px',
            ];
    $less = \Lessphp::setVariables($data)->compile($filename);
```

License
=======

[](#license)

HRAFIEE

***IT's Free , SO Enjoy your free World***

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~120 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

7

Last Release

2937d ago

Major Versions

0.9 → 1.0b2018-06-16

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8775185a214c0c9f83168bd60b45fdca71eed129c802cd1995b707f0c5683edb?d=identicon)[h-rafiee](/maintainers/h-rafiee)

---

Top Contributors

[![adevneverdies](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1610989?v=4)](https://github.com/adevneverdies "adevneverdies (10 commits)")

---

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laravelless

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