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[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) 4. / 5. pxlbros/lightncandy-cli ActiveLibrary[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) pxlbros/lightncandy-cli ======================= A PHP CLI wrapper for the mustache/handlebars PHP implementation lightncandy to aid build processes. 1.0.6(10y ago)480621PHP Since Sep 1Pushed 9y ago12 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/PXLbros/LightnCandy-CLI)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pxlbros/lightncandy-cli)[ Docs](https://github.com/PXLbros/LightnCandy-CLI)[ RSS](/packages/pxlbros-lightncandy-cli/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (2)Dependencies (2)Versions (8)Used By (1) LightnCandy-CLI =============== [](#lightncandy-cli) LightnCandy-CLI is a CLI wrapper around the PHP implementation of mustache/handlebars [LightnCandy](https://github.com/zordius/lightncandy). This CLI tool can be used in your build process to compile mustache/handlebars templates to PHP to be used with the LightnCandy library or on their own. Installation ------------ [](#installation) LightnCandy-CLI is meant to be used as a CLI tool and can be globally installed with composer like so: `composer global require pxlbros/lightncandy-cli`Make sure you have `~/.composer/vendor/bin/` in your path. You can also install LightnCandy-CLI into your project directory and run it straight from the vendor folder if you want to. Usage ----- [](#usage) ### Basic [](#basic) The first and only unamed argument is a path to the template file that you wish to compile. `$ lightncandy path/to/template.hbs` If omitted, LightnCandy-CLI will use STDIN as the template. This is usefull because you can pipe input into the utility. `$ echo 'Hello {{name}}!' | lightncandy` By default LightnCandy-CLI will pipe the compiled template to STDOUT but you can also write the output to disk by providing a path. `$ lightncandy path/to/template.hbs -o path/to/output.php` ### LightnCandy Options [](#lightncandy-options) LightnCandy supports many flags that can be used to configure how it compiles your templates. A list of these options and what they do can be found on the page for the [LightnCandy](https://github.com/zordius/lightncandy) library. You can toggle them like so: `$ lightncandy path/to/template.hbs --FLAG_BARE --FLAG_HANDLEBARSJS` You can also use `$ lightncandy --help` to see a list of availible options and their descriptions in your command line. ### Other Options [](#other-options) #### basedir [](#basedir) `-b/--basedir "path/to/partials/directory/ path/to/different/dir"`Space seperted list of directory paths containing partial templates. #### helpers [](#helpers) `-p/--helpers "path/to/helpers/directory/ path/to/different/dir"`Space seperated list of directory paths containing helper functions. #### blockhelpers [](#blockhelpers) `-k/--blockhelpers "path/to/blockhelpers/directory/ path/to/different/dir"`Space seperated list of directory paths containing block helper functions. #### hbhelpers [](#hbhelpers) `-h/--hbhelpers "path/to/hbhelpers/directory/ path/to/different/dir"`Space seperated list of directory paths containing handlebars style helper functions. #### fileext [](#fileext) `-e/--fileext ".tmpl .partial"`Space seperated list of file extensions for template files. #### render [](#render) `-r/--render`If provided, will run the compiled template and will output the result instead. #### data [](#data) `-d/--data`JSON string to pass to the rendering function if the render flag is provided. #### compress [](#compress) `-c/--compress`Compress the output to reduce file size by around 30%. ### Health Score 34 — LowBetter than 77% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity19 Limited adoption so far Community16 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity68 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 95.7% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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