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songphi/cakephp-less
====================

Cakephp Less CSS compiler (forked from cakephp/less because of leafo/lessphp doesn't compatible with Twitter Bootstrap 3. Now oyejorge/less.php is being used instead)

1.0(12y ago)04562MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since May 14Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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LESS Helper
-----------

[](#less-helper)

This little Helper converts your .less files into .css without relying on Node.js or client-side parsing. Everything is compiled on the server, cached, and served as regular css through PHP.

Forked from flug/CakeLess because of leafo/lessphp doesn't compatible with Twitter Bootstrap 3. Now oyejorge/less.php is using instead

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

[](#installation)

#### Git Submodule

[](#git-submodule)

In your cakephp's root directory type

```
git submodule add https://github.com/SongPhi/cake-lessphp.git app/Plugin/CakeLess
git submodule init
git submodule update

```

#### Git clone

[](#git-clone)

In your cakephp's root directory type

```
git clone https://github.com/SongPhi/cake-lessphp.git app/Plugin/CakeLess

```

#### Composer

[](#composer)

In your root cakephp, edit your composer.json to fit:

```
"require": {
	"composer/installers": "*",
	"songphi/cakephp-less": "dev-master",
	"oyejorge/less.php": "~1.7"
},
"extra": {
	"installer-paths": {
		"app/Plugin/{$name}/": ["songphi/cakephp-less"]
	}
}
```

#### Plugin Loading

[](#plugin-loading)

In your app/Config/bootstrap.php add this line:

```
CakePlugin::load('CakeLess');
```

It doesn't need if you already have this line:

```
CakePlugin::loadAll();
```

### Create cache and less folders

[](#create-cache-and-less-folders)

- Create a folder `app/webroot/less`
- Create a folder `app/tmp/cache/less`
- Apply `chmod 777` to your `css` folder. (The Less Helper will place all compiled css files in your css-directory)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Where you want to use LESS files, add the helper. Usually this will be your `AppController`.

```
public $helpers = array('CakeLess.Less');
```

Next, simply add the less files to your views:

```
echo $this->Less->css('yourfile');
```

or if the less file is located in the webroot of a plugin

```
echo $this->Less->css('yourfile',array('plugin' => 'PluginFolderName'));
```

or

```
echo $this->Less->css(array(
		'bootstrap/bootstrap',
		'prettify',
	)
);
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 53.4% 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

4386d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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