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warrickbayman/looker
====================

A really simple PHP view presenter based on Jeffery Ways laracasts\\Presenter class

1.0.1(9y ago)03.1kMITPHP

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Looker
======

[](#looker)

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A simple PHP presenter library.

Why
---

[](#why)

Well, it's quite common to separate your presentation code from your models. When I started with PHP I found myself doing things like:

```
//User.php

class User extends Model
{
    public function fullName()
    {
        return $this->first_name . ' ' . $this->last_name;
    }
}

// view.php

```

This is bad. So Looker separates your presentation stuff out of your models. It's based on the simple presentation library that Jeffery Way wrote for [Laracasts](https://laracasts.com).

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

[](#installation)

Use composer:

```
composer require warrickbayman/looker

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In your model add the `Looker\Presentable` trait:

```
use Looker\Traits\Presentable;

class User
{
    use Presentable;
}
```

Create a new view presenter that extends the `Looker\Presenter` class

```
use Looker\Presenter;

class User extends Presenter
{
    public function fullName()
    {
        return $this->entity->first_name . ' ' . $this->entity->last_name;
    }
}
```

Now, in your view:

```
echo $this->present()->fullName;
```

From within the presenter, `$this->entity` is the associated model.

By default, Looker will look in the `Http\Presenters` namespace for presenter classes, but you can change that. Somewhere in your intialization, call the `Looker::init` method and pass in the class path for your presenters:

```
Looker\Looker::init('Presenters');
```

You can also pass in a "suffix" if you like to do things like add the word "Presenter" to the end of your presenter classes:

```
Looker\Looker::init('Presenters', 'Presenter');
```

Now Looker will look for `UserPresenter` instead of just `User`.

Overriding Model Members
------------------------

[](#overriding-model-members)

Looker will automatically override model members. So you can do:

```
echo $user->present()->dateOfBirth;
```

even if the `dateOfBirth` method or property doesn't exist on your presenter. Looker will first look for a method by the same name on the model. If a method doesn't exist, it will then look for a property by the same name. Looker will throw a `OverrideFailed` exception if there is no method or property to call.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

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 ~222 days

Total

4

Last Release

3320d ago

Major Versions

0.2.0 → 1.0.02015-11-26

### Community

Maintainers

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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