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/ Mojo::Template

NAME

Mojo::Template - Perlish Templates!

SYNOPSIS

use Mojo::Template;
my $mt = Mojo::Template->new;

# Simple
my $output = $mt->render(<<'EOF');
<!doctype html><html>
  <head><title>Simple</title></head>
  <body>Time: <%= localtime(time) %></body>
</html>
EOF
print $output;

# More complicated
my $output = $mt->render(<<'EOF', 23, 'foo bar');
%= 5 * 5
% my ($number, $text) = @_;
test 123
foo <% my $i = $number + 2; %>
% for (1 .. 23) {
* some text <%= $i++ %>
% }
EOF
print $output;

DESCRIPTION

Mojo::Template is a minimalistic and very Perl-ish template engine, designed specifically for all those small tasks that come up during big projects. Like preprocessing a config file, generating text from heredocs and stuff like that.

<% Inline Perl %>
<%= Perl expression, replaced with result %>
<%== Perl expression, replaced with XML escaped result %>
<%# Comment, useful for debugging %>
% Perl line
%= Perl expression line, replaced with result
%== Perl expression line, replaced with XML escaped result
%# Comment line, useful for debugging

Automatic escaping behavior can be reversed with the auto_escape attribute, this is the default in Mojolicious .ep templates for example.

<%= Perl expression, replaced with XML escaped result %>
<%== Perl expression, replaced with result %>
%= Perl expression line, replaced with XML escaped result
%== Perl expression line, replaced with result

Mojo::ByteStream objects are always excluded from automatic escaping.

<%= b('<div>excluded!</div>') %>

Whitespace characters around tags can be trimmed with a special tag ending.

<%= All whitespace characters around this expression will be trimmed =%>

You can capture whole template blocks for reuse later with the begin and end keywords.

<% my $block = begin %>
  <% my $name = shift; =%>
  Hello <%= $name %>.
<% end %>
<%= $block->('Baerbel') %>
<%= $block->('Wolfgang') %>

Perl lines can also be indented freely.

% my $block = begin
  % my $name = shift;
  Hello <%= $name %>.
% end
%= $block->('Baerbel')
%= $block->('Wolfgang')

Mojo::Template templates work just like Perl subs (actually they get compiled to a Perl sub internally). That means you can access arguments simply via @_.

% my ($foo, $bar) = @_;
% my $x = shift;
test 123 <%= $foo %>

Note that you can't escape Mojo::Template tags, instead we just replace them if necessary.

my $mt = Mojo::Template->new;
$mt->line_start('@@');
$mt->tag_start('[@@');
$mt->tag_end('@@]');
$mt->expression_mark('&');
$mt->escape_mark('&');
my $output = $mt->render(<<'EOF', 23);
@@ my $i = shift;
<% no code just text [@@&& $i @@]
EOF

There is only one case that we can escape with a backslash, and that's a newline at the end of a template line.

This is <%= 23 * 3 %> a\
single line

If for some strange reason you absolutely need a backslash in front of a newline you can escape the backslash with another backslash.

% use Data::Dumper;
This will\\
result <%=  Dumper {foo => 'bar'} %>\\
in multiple lines

Templates get compiled to Perl code internally, this can make debugging a bit tricky. But Mojo::Template will return Mojo::Exception objects that stringify to error messages with context.

Bareword "xx" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at template line 4.
2: </head>
3: <body>
4: % my $i = 2; xx
5: %= $i * 2
6: </body>

Mojo::Template does not support caching by itself, but you can easily build a wrapper around it.

# Compile and store code somewhere
my $mt = Mojo::Template->new;
$mt->parse($template);
$mt->build;
my $code = $mt->code;

# Load code and template (template for debug trace only)
$mt->template($template);
$mt->code($code);
$mt->compile;
my $output = $mt->interpret(@arguments);

ATTRIBUTES

Mojo::Template implements the following attributes.

auto_escape

my $auto_escape = $mt->auto_escape;
$mt             = $mt->auto_escape(1);

Activate automatic XML escaping.

append

my $code = $mt->append;
$mt      = $mt->append('warn "Processed template"');

Append Perl code to compiled template.

capture_end

my $capture_end = $mt->capture_end;
$mt             = $mt->capture_end('end');

Keyword indicating the end of a capture block, defaults to end.

<% my $block = begin %>
  Some data!
<% end %>

capture_start

my $capture_start = $mt->capture_start;
$mt               = $mt->capture_start('begin');

Keyword indicating the start of a capture block, defaults to begin.

<% my $block = begin %>
  Some data!
<% end %>

code

my $code = $mt->code;
$mt      = $mt->code($code);

Compiled template code.

comment_mark

my $comment_mark = $mt->comment_mark;
$mt              = $mt->comment_mark('#');

Character indicating the start of a comment, defaults to #.

<%# This is a comment %>

encoding

my $encoding = $mt->encoding;
$mt          = $mt->encoding('UTF-8');

Encoding used for template files.

escape_mark

my $escape_mark = $mt->escape_mark;
$mt             = $mt->escape_mark('=');

Character indicating the start of an escaped expression, defaults to =.

<%== $foo %>

expression_mark

my $expression_mark = $mt->expression_mark;
$mt                 = $mt->expression_mark('=');

Character indicating the start of an expression, defaults to =.

<%= $foo %>

line_start

my $line_start = $mt->line_start;
$mt            = $mt->line_start('%');

Character indicating the start of a code line, defaults to %.

% $foo = 23;

name

my $name = $mt->name;
$mt      = $mt->name('foo.mt');

Name of template currently being processed, defaults to template. Note that this method is attribute and might change without warning!

namespace

my $namespace = $mt->namespace;
$mt           = $mt->namespace('main');

Namespace used to compile templates, defaults to Mojo::Template::SandBox.

prepend

my $code = $mt->prepend;
$mt      = $mt->prepend('my $self = shift;');

Prepend Perl code to compiled template.

tag_start

my $tag_start = $mt->tag_start;
$mt           = $mt->tag_start('<%');

Characters indicating the start of a tag, defaults to <%.

<% $foo = 23; %>

tag_end

my $tag_end = $mt->tag_end;
$mt         = $mt->tag_end('%>');

Characters indicating the end of a tag, defaults to %>.

<%= $foo %>

template

my $template = $mt->template;
$mt          = $mt->template($template);

Raw template.

tree

my $tree = $mt->tree;
$mt      = $mt->tree($tree);

Parsed tree.

trim_mark

my $trim_mark = $mt->trim_mark;
$mt           = $mt->trim_mark('-');

Character activating automatic whitespace trimming, defaults to =.

<%= $foo =%>

METHODS

Mojo::Template inherits all methods from Mojo::Base and implements the following new ones.

new

my $mt = Mojo::Template->new;

Construct a new Mojo::Template object.

build

$mt = $mt->build;

Build template.

compile

my $exception = $mt->compile;

Compile template.

interpret

my $output = $mt->interpret;
my $output = $mt->interpret(@arguments);

Interpret template.

parse

$mt = $mt->parse($template);

Parse template.

render

my $output = $mt->render($template);
my $output = $mt->render($template, @arguments);

Render template.

render_file

my $output = $mt->render_file($template_file);
my $output = $mt->render_file($template_file, @arguments);

Render template file.

render_file_to_file

my $exception = $mt->render_file_to_file($template_file, $output_file);
my $exception = $mt->render_file_to_file(
  $template_file, $output_file, @arguments
);

Render template file to a specific file.

render_to_file

my $exception = $mt->render_to_file($template, $output_file);
my $exception = $mt->render_to_file(
  $template, $output_file, @arguments
);

Render template to a specific file.

SEE ALSO

Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, http://mojolicio.us.