Kitchen Sink

Kitchen Sink: Event Cards

This example uses comments, variables, piped functions (ucwords, ucfirst, ellipsis, default), dynamic placeholders ([[year]], [[uniqid]], [[datetime]]), isset with else, unless with else, loops with indexes (@count, @total, @first, @last), and default values — all in one template.

<?php

# require the templating library
require '../vendors/ViewFish/viewfish.php';

# instantiate a ViewFish object
$T = new ViewFish\viewfish();

# set the template path
$T->set_template_path(__DIR__.'/../templates/');

# load the event template
$template = $T->load_template("demo11");

# --- Event 1: Full details, multiple speakers, sponsors ---
$event1 = [  
    'title'       => 'viewfish developer conference',
    'organizer'   => 'adam',
    'color'       => 'dark',
    'event_date'  => 'March 15, 2025',
    'venue'       => 'convention center, portland',
    'description' => 'A full-day conference covering modern PHP templating, performance optimization, and security best practices.',
    'capacity'    => 500,
    'sold_out'    => '',
    'early_bird'  => '49',
    'speakers'    => [
        ['name' => 'jane doe', 'topic' => 'the future of PHP templating', 'bio' => 'Jane is a senior engineer at Acme Corp with 15 years of experience building web frameworks and templating engines.'],
        ['name' => 'bob smith', 'topic' => 'caching strategies for high-traffic sites', 'bio' => 'Bob runs infrastructure at Scale Inc.'],
        ['name' => 'maria garcia', 'topic' => 'security in template engines'],
        ['name' => 'alex chen', 'topic' => 'building accessible UIs with templates', 'bio' => 'Alex is a frontend architect passionate about accessibility and inclusive design patterns for the modern web.'],
    ],
    'sponsors' => [
        ['name' => 'acme corp'],
        ['name' => 'widgets inc'],
        ['name' => 'cloud nine hosting'],
        ['name' => 'dev tools co'],
    ],
];

# --- Event 2: Minimal info, no speakers yet, sold out ---
$event2 = [
    'title'    => 'secret workshop',
    'sold_out' => '1',
    'capacity' => 20,
];

# --- Event 3: Partial info, one speaker, no sponsors ---
$event3 = [
    'title'      => 'lightning talks night',
    'organizer'  => 'community meetup group',
    'color'      => 'success',
    'event_date' => 'April 2, 2025',
    'venue'      => 'the rusty anchor pub',
    'description'=> 'Five-minute talks on anything tech. Bring your ideas and a sense of humor.',
    'speakers'   => [
        ['name' => 'pat wilson', 'topic' => 'why tabs beat spaces', 'bio' => 'Pat has mass opinions about whitespace and is not afraid to share them with anyone who will listen.'],
    ],
];

echo "<h4>Kitchen Sink: Event Cards</h4>";
echo "<p>This example uses <b>comments</b>, <b>variables</b>, <b>piped functions</b> (ucwords, ucfirst, ellipsis, default), <b>dynamic placeholders</b> ([[year]], [[uniqid]], [[datetime]]), <b>isset with else</b>, <b>unless with else</b>, <b>loops with indexes</b> (@count, @total, @first, @last), and <b>default values</b> — all in one template.</p><hr>";

echo $T->render($template, $event1);
echo $T->render($template, $event2);
echo $T->render($template, $event3);

{* This is a ViewFish comment — it won't appear in output *}
<div class="card mb-4">
    <div class="card-header bg-{{color|default:"primary"}} text-white">
        <h3>{{title|ucwords}}</h3>
        <small>Organized by {{organizer|default:"TBD"|ucfirst}} &mdash; [[year]]</small>
    </div>
    <div class="card-body">
        <p><strong>Date:</strong> {{event_date|default:"Date not announced"}}</p>
        <p><strong>Venue:</strong> {{venue|default:"Location TBD"|ucwords}}</p>
        {{isset $description}}<p>{{description}}</p>{{else}}<p class="text-muted"><em>No description provided.</em></p>{{/isset}}
        {{isset $capacity}}<p><strong>Capacity:</strong> {{capacity}} attendees</p>{{/isset}}
        {{unless $sold_out}}<span class="badge bg-success">Tickets Available</span>{{else}}<span class="badge bg-danger">SOLD OUT</span>{{/unless}}
        {{isset $early_bird}}<span class="badge bg-warning text-dark">Early Bird: ${{early_bird}}</span>{{/isset}}

        <h5 class="mt-3">Speakers</h5>
        {{isset $speakers}}
        <ol>
        {{@loop data=speakers}}
            <li>
                {{isset $@first}}<strong>{{/isset}}
                {{name|ucwords}} — <em>{{topic|default:"Topic TBD"|ucfirst}}</em>
                {{isset $@first}} (Keynote)</strong>{{/isset}}
                {{isset $@last}} &#x1F3AC; Closing act{{/isset}}
                <small class="text-muted">[{{@count}}/{{@total}}]</small>
                {{isset $bio}}<br><small>{{bio|ellipsis:60}}</small>{{/isset}}
            </li>
        {{/loop}}
        </ol>
        {{else}}
        <p class="text-muted">Speaker lineup coming soon.</p>
        {{/isset}}

        {{isset $sponsors}}
        <h5>Sponsors</h5>
        <p>
        {{@loop data=sponsors}}
            {{name|ucwords}}{{unless $@last}} &bull; {{/unless}}
        {{/loop}}
        </p>
        {{/isset}}
    </div>
    <div class="card-footer text-muted">
        Event ID: [[uniqid]] | Generated: [[datetime]]
    </div>
</div>