Name

Template::Sluz - A minimalistic Perl templating engine with Smarty-like syntax

Synopsis

File: main.pl

use Template::Sluz;

my $s = Template::Sluz->new();

$s->assign('name', 'Scott');
$s->assign('array' => ['one', 'two', 'three']);
$s->assign('hash'  => { color => 'red', age => 39});

print $s->fetch('template.stpl');

File: template.stpl

Hello {$name}
Nums: {foreach $array as $x}{$x} {/foreach}
Info: {$hash.color} / {$hash.age}

Output:

Hello Scott
Nums: one two three
Info: red / 39

Methods

• new

  Create a new Template::Sluz instance.

• assign

  Assign template variables.

  $s->assign('name', 'Scott');
  $s->assign('array' => ['one', 'two', 'three']);
  $s->assign('hash'  => { color => 'red', age => 39});
  $s->assign('nums'  => $array_ref);
  $s->assign('data'  => $hash_ref);
  

• fetch

  Process a template file and return the output.

  $s->fetch('tpls/page.stpl');
  

• parse_string

  Process a template string directly without a file.

  $s->parse_string('Hello {$name}');
  

Template Syntax

Variables

{$name}
{$user.first_name}
{$items.0}

Modifiers

{$name|uc}
{$name|substr:0,3}
{$name|lc|ucfirst}

Default Values

{$name|default:'Unknown'}

Conditionals

{if $age > 18}
    Adult
{elseif $age > 12}
    Teen
{else}
    Child
{/if}

Loops

{foreach $items as $item}
    {$item}
{/foreach}

Includes

{include file='header.stpl'}
{include file='header.stpl' title='Home'}

Literal Blocks

{literal}function foo() { .. } {/literal}

Comments

{* This is a comment *}

Functions as Modifiers

Any Perl built-in or user-defined function can be used as a template modifier:

{$name|ucfirst}
{$items|join:' - '}
{$text|substr:0,10}

When a function is called as a modifier the template variable is passed first and then it is followed by the params.

Example: {$text|substr:0,10} would map to the call substr($text, 0, 10)

Author

Scott Baker - https://www.perturb.org/

See Also

https://github.com/scottchiefbaker/sluz

License

GPL-3.0-or-later