Question

hi i am working on mustache.php with codeigniter it is parsing mustache tag really nice now how can i use CI helpers or php functions with in mustache tags like

    {{ anchor("http://www.google.com","Google") }}

//php function

    {{ date() }}

i have tried mustache helpers but no luck as per this post github mustache

i this case i have to add extra opening and closing mustache tags. which i don’t want just passing function in tags and get output.

Answer 1

You cannot call functions directly in your Mustache template (logic-less templates, remember?)

{{ link }}
{{ today }}

Instead, this functionality belongs in your rendering context, or your ViewModel. At a minimum, this means preparing your data in advance:

<?php

$data = array(
    'link'  => anchor('http://www.google.com', 'Google'),
    'today' => date(),
);

$mustache->loadTemplate('my-template')->render($data);

An even better approach is to encapsulate all of the logic required for my-template.mustache in a ViewModel class, lets call it MyTemplate:

<?php

class MyTemplate {
    public function today() {
        return date();
    }

    public function link() {
        return anchor('http://www.google.com', 'Google');
    }
}

$mustache->loadTemplate('my-template')->render(new MyTemplate);