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velosipedist/beatrix
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Bitrix after plastic surgery

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Beatrix
=======

[](#beatrix)

Attempt to beat the Bitrix defectiveness. You should not know what is inside.

What i have to do?
------------------

[](#what-i-have-to-do)

Just download `beatrix.phar` from releases Github section or build it by yourself using [Phing](https://www.phing.info/trac/wiki/Users/Installation)

```
php phing-latest.phar

```

Include `beatrix.phar` at Bitrix startup (recommended in /bitrix/php\_interface/init.php, create if not exists).

Initialize with options if you need to tune up something:

```
// inside of init.php
Beatrix::init(array(
	Beatrix::SETTINGS_TEMPLATES_DIR => $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/.tpl' // where to look for templates
	//... any Slim options are acceptable
));
```

Some options will be forced internally, others available as described in [Slim docs](http://docs.slimframework.com/#Application-Settings)

Nothing changed. What's next?
-----------------------------

[](#nothing-changed-whats-next)

Of course. There is no magic (almost), you have to write some code yourself 😒.

All Beatrix instance methods available through `Beatrix::app()` (it gives us access to Application which is Slim app with some improvements), but also we have some useful shortcut functions.

For now we have following features:

Plates templating engine
------------------------

[](#plates-templating-engine)

Old school template-sawing (with header.php & footer.php as output) replaced with power of [Plates](http://platesphp.com/) engine. It gives us templates inheritance, blocks, etc.

### Basic setup

[](#basic-setup)

Just create .tpl folder at site document root (or configure any other using options). Now you can place any php templates here and render them individually:

```
Beatrix::app()->render('my/template', ['var1'=>$anyData, /* etc */]); // will seek /.tpl/my/template.php
```

Non-sawed layout can be used this way:

1. open template's header.php and write only this

```