LHP ("Lua Hypertext Processor") is an ultra minimal text file parser for embedding Lua code within other kinds of documents, just like PHP. It was created as part of a static website generator, but could in principle be used on a web server for dynamic website generation, or for any text creation task.
Input file:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<h1>The Fibonacci sequence:</h1>
<ul>
<?lua
-- Print the first ten digits of the fibonacci sequence
local a, b = 0, 1
for n=1,10 do
print( "<li>" .. a .. "</li>" )
a, b = b, a + b
end
?>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Compiling:
lua lhp.lua input.lhp output.html
Output file:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<h1>The Fibonacci sequence:</h1>
<ul>
<li>0</li>
<li>1</li>
<li>1</li>
<li>2</li>
<li>3</li>
<li>5</li>
<li>8</li>
<li>13</li>
<li>21</li>
<li>34</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>