I am having a problem converting an old project that uses savant2 template engine to plates template engine, I have gone through the platesphp documentation, and it is still confusing. The project in savant2 template is structured this way(example), first file
$savant = new Savant2();
$savant->addPath('template', [LINK TO TEMPLATE OR THEME]);
Then in other file, where the needed variables are declared
global $savant;
$my_name = "Victor";
$savant->assign('name', $my_name);
$savant->display('include/header.tmpl.php');
Then, in the header.tmpl.php file
<?php echo $this->name; ?>
Now, I want to use plates template engine instead to replace savant2, this is how my code is now structure, first file
$plates = new League\Plates\Engine();
$plates->addFolder('template', [LINK TO TEMPLATE OR THEME]);
In the other file,
global $plates;
$my_name = "Victor";
$plates->addData('name', $my_name);
$plates->render('include/header.tmpl.php');
Then, In the header.tmpl.php file
<?=$this->e($name)?>
Though it is not working as expected, my confusion lies in the use of render,addData, and addFolder to produce the same results as savant2
I finally solved it
//Location of savant2 library
require('/Savant2/Savant2.php');
// set default template paths:
$savant = new Savant2();
$savant->addPath('template', '/themes/');
Replace the above, and add this instead
// Enable the composer autoload file (Depending on how your system is set up)
require_once '/vendor/autoload.php';
$plates = League\Plates\Engine::create('/themes/', 'tmpl.php');
Then for the below savant2 implementation
require 'config.php';
$name = 'Victor Alagwu';
$school = 'University of Nigeria, Nsukka';
$course = 'Computer Science';
$savant->assign('author', $name);
$savant->assign('school', $school);
$savant->assign('course' $course);
$savant->display(home.tmpl.php);
Replace it with this plates implementation
require 'config.php';
$name = 'Victor Alagwu';
$school = 'University of Nigeria, Nsukka';
$course = 'Computer Science';
plate['name'] = $name;
plate['school'] = $school;
plate['course'] = $course;
echo $plates->render('home.tmpl.php', $plate);
Then for the template files (Savant2)
Name:
<?php echo $this->name; ?>
Course:
<?php echo $this->course; ?>
School:
<?php echo $this->school; ?>
Replace with the below (For Plates)
Name:
<?php echo $name; ?>
Course:
<?php echo $course; ?>
School:
<?php echo $school; ?>
And there you have your previously savant2 app, now running on plates template engine