This is a small spark that let you use Jade-lang template engine in Codeigniter 2.
You will need to have Jade binary installed in your system.
To install via npm:
$ npm install jade
You should generally use the spark system to install jade-spark. From the terminal, and inside the root of a CodeIgniter project, type:
php tools/spark install jade-spark
Once you have installed the spark, you just have to load 'jade-spark' in your controller by adding:
$this->load->spark('jade-spark/0.0.1');
a good practice to load sparks would be override controller's constructor, eg:
public function __construct(){
parent::__construct();
$this->load->spark('jade-spark/0.0.1');
}Create a view template, with .jade extension, defaulted in views directory of your Codeigniter app. (This directory can be changed in spark's configuration.)
For Jade-lang references click here
Finally, invoke render method in your controller, passing template name as first argument and optional array of params as second argument.
...
$this->jade_spark->render("welcome",$params);
...Controller
class Welcome extends CI_Controller {
public function index()
{
$this->load->spark('jade-spark/0.0.1');
$other = $this->input->get_post('other_name', TRUE);
$params = [
"first_name"=>"Leo",
"other_name"=>$other,
];
$this->jade_spark->render("welcome",$params);
}
}Jade template
doctype html
html
head
title "testing Jade Spark"
body
div#content
= "This is my first jade view with CodeIgniter!!!"
hr
div
if first_name
strong
p Hello #{first_name}
else
strong
p Hello User!
hr
div
if other_name
strong
p Hello #{other_name}