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Package canvas
Short Description Minimal declarative PHP view layer for the Avik framework
License MIT
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Informations about the package canvas
avik/canvas
Canvas is the view and template layer of the Avik framework.
It is intentionally simple, PHP-first, and predictable.
Canvas is not Blade, not a new language, and not a logic engine. It is a very thin declarative layer that compiles to plain PHP and renders HTML.
Philosophy
Canvas follows these strict principles:
- PHP remains PHP
- HTML remains readable
- No magic runtime parsing
- No heavy DSL or expression language
- Compile once, render many times
- Syntax is intentionally limited
- Future power grows internally, not via new syntax
Canvas is designed to be stable for years without redesign.
What Canvas Is
- A view renderer
- A PHP execution wrapper
- A minimal declarative syntax for common patterns
- A compiled, cached template system
What Canvas Is NOT
- Blade
- Twig
- A logic engine
- A controller system
- A reactive system
- A component framework (yet)
Canvas does not try to replace PHP. It only removes small pain points.
Supported Syntax (Final & Closed)
⚠️ The syntax below is FINAL and IMMUTABLE. No new directives will be added in future versions.
Output
text @component('card', ['title' => 'User Profile']) @slot('body')
This is the profile body.
@endslot@endcomponent html
{{ title }}
### Advanced Features
- **View Composers**: Bind data to specific views automatically.
- **Custom Directives**: Extend the compiler with your own syntax.
- **Shared Data**: Share variables across all views.
- **Exception Handling**: Detailed exceptions for missing views or components.
### Example Usage
Rendering a View
$factory = new Factory(
viewsPath: __DIR__ . '/views',
cachePath: __DIR__ . '/storage/canvas'
);
$view = $factory->make('home', [
'title' => 'Welcome',
'users' => $users,
'isAdmin' => true,
]);
echo $view->render();
Compilation & Caching
Templates are compiled to plain PHP
Compiled files are cached by file hash
No runtime parsing
No performance penalty after first render