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nixphp/view
===========

NixPHP View Plugin with simple templating.

v0.1.1(2mo ago)0114↓50%1MITPHPPHP >=8.3CI passing

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---

nixphp/view
===========

[](#nixphpview)

> **A lightweight, native PHP templating system — with layout inheritance and block support.**

This plugin brings a clean, minimal templating system to your NixPHP application. It lets you define base layouts, use content blocks, and safely output user data — all with pure PHP.

> 🧩 Part of the official NixPHP plugin collection. Install it when you need structured HTML rendering — without external engines like Twig or Blade.

---

📦 Features
----------

[](#-features)

- ✅ Define layouts and reuse views via `setLayout()` and `block()/endblock()`
- ✅ Render views with `view('template', [...])`
- ✅ Return response objects with `render('template', [...])`
- ✅ Safe output via `s()` (escape helper)
- ✅ Fully native PHP – no new syntax or templating engine required

---

📥 Installation
--------------

[](#-installation)

```
composer require nixphp/view
```

The plugin auto-registers itself and adds the `view()`, `render()`, `assets()` and `s()` helpers globally.

---

🚀 Usage
-------

[](#-usage)

### 🧱 Rendering views

[](#-rendering-views)

Use the `view()` helper to render a template and return the result as a **string**:

```
$content = view('hello', ['name' => 'World']);
```

This is useful if you want to process or wrap the HTML manually.

Use the `render()` helper to return a **response object** instead (e.g. in your controller):

```
return render('hello', ['name' => 'World']);
```

This renders the view **and wraps it in a proper response**, ready to be returned from any route handler.

To load a template file in another folder, you can use the dot notation:

```
return render('pages.hello', ['name' => 'World']);
```

Or even multiple levels:

```
return render('pages.elements.hello', ['name' => 'World']);
```

This works for both `view()` and `render()`.

---

### 🧩 Layouts & Blocks

[](#-layouts--blocks)

Use `setLayout()` to define a parent layout, and `block()/endblock()` to inject content:

#### `views/page.phtml`

[](#viewspagephtml)

```