WP Blade
=======
Brings Laravel's great template engine, Blade, to WordPress. Just install and start using blade in your theme.
Blade is the template engine for Laravel, a very popular php framework, developed by Taylor Otwell. This plugin brings the same template engine to WordPress. Using a template engine will result in much cleaner template files and quicker development. Normal php can still be used in the template files. The plugin also adds a WordPress specific snippet to blade. Check out the examples for more info.
**WordPress repository**:
[Blade](http://wordpress.org/plugins/blade/)
### Echo/print
**Normal**
```php
```
**Blade**
```php
{{ $foo }}
```
### Post data
**Normal**
```php
```
**Blade**
```php
{{ the_title() }}
```
### If statement
**Normal**
```php
 ?>/images/thumbnail-default.jpg)
```
**Blade**
```php
@if( has_post_thumbnail() )
{{ the_post_thumbnail() }}
@else
 }}/images/thumbnail-default.jpg)
@endif
```
### WordPress loop
**Normal**
```php
'post' ) ); ?>
have_posts() ) : ?>
have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>
-
```
**Blade.** WordPress specific snippet
```php
@wpquery( array( 'post_type' => 'post' ) )
- {{ the_title() }}
@wpempty
- {{ __( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ) }}
@wpend
```
### Including files
Files included with functions, e.g. `the_header()`, will not be compiled by Blade, however the php code in the file is still executed. To include a file with blade use:
```php
@include( 'header' )
```
Note that you should not type “.php”.
### Layouts
**master.php**
```html
@yield( 'content' )
```
**page.php**
```html
@layout( 'master' )
@section( 'content' )
Lorem ipsum
@endsection
```
## Documentation
Check out the complete [Blade Documentation](http://three.laravel.com/docs/views/templating) for more examples.
## Contributing
Pull requests are highly appreciated. Feel free to report a bug, typo, enhancement or a feature you want to add to the plugin.