X-Git-Url: http://www.aleph1.co.uk/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=vendor%2Ftwig%2Ftwig%2Fdoc%2Finternals.rst;fp=vendor%2Ftwig%2Ftwig%2Fdoc%2Finternals.rst;h=f38089fdcf35b901f4d7b085afa0c06017d158b5;hb=eba34333e3c89f208d2f72fa91351ad019a71583;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hpb=a2bd1bf0c2c1f1a17d188f4dc0726a45494cefae;p=yaffs-website diff --git a/vendor/twig/twig/doc/internals.rst b/vendor/twig/twig/doc/internals.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f38089fdc --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/twig/twig/doc/internals.rst @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +Twig Internals +============== + +Twig is very extensible and you can easily hack it. Keep in mind that you +should probably try to create an extension before hacking the core, as most +features and enhancements can be handled with extensions. This chapter is also +useful for people who want to understand how Twig works under the hood. + +How does Twig work? +------------------- + +The rendering of a Twig template can be summarized into four key steps: + +* **Load** the template: If the template is already compiled, load it and go + to the *evaluation* step, otherwise: + + * First, the **lexer** tokenizes the template source code into small pieces + for easier processing; + * Then, the **parser** converts the token stream into a meaningful tree + of nodes (the Abstract Syntax Tree); + * Eventually, the *compiler* transforms the AST into PHP code. + +* **Evaluate** the template: It basically means calling the ``display()`` + method of the compiled template and passing it the context. + +The Lexer +--------- + +The lexer tokenizes a template source code into a token stream (each token is +an instance of ``Twig_Token``, and the stream is an instance of +``Twig_TokenStream``). The default lexer recognizes 13 different token types: + +* ``Twig_Token::BLOCK_START_TYPE``, ``Twig_Token::BLOCK_END_TYPE``: Delimiters for blocks (``{% %}``) +* ``Twig_Token::VAR_START_TYPE``, ``Twig_Token::VAR_END_TYPE``: Delimiters for variables (``{{ }}``) +* ``Twig_Token::TEXT_TYPE``: A text outside an expression; +* ``Twig_Token::NAME_TYPE``: A name in an expression; +* ``Twig_Token::NUMBER_TYPE``: A number in an expression; +* ``Twig_Token::STRING_TYPE``: A string in an expression; +* ``Twig_Token::OPERATOR_TYPE``: An operator; +* ``Twig_Token::PUNCTUATION_TYPE``: A punctuation sign; +* ``Twig_Token::INTERPOLATION_START_TYPE``, ``Twig_Token::INTERPOLATION_END_TYPE`` (as of Twig 1.5): Delimiters for string interpolation; +* ``Twig_Token::EOF_TYPE``: Ends of template. + +You can manually convert a source code into a token stream by calling the +``tokenize()`` method of an environment:: + + $stream = $twig->tokenize(new Twig_Source($source, $identifier)); + +.. versionadded:: 1.27 + ``Twig_Source`` was introduced in version 1.27, pass the source and the + identifier directly on previous versions. + +As the stream has a ``__toString()`` method, you can have a textual +representation of it by echoing the object:: + + echo $stream."\n"; + +Here is the output for the ``Hello {{ name }}`` template: + +.. code-block:: text + + TEXT_TYPE(Hello ) + VAR_START_TYPE() + NAME_TYPE(name) + VAR_END_TYPE() + EOF_TYPE() + +.. note:: + + The default lexer (``Twig_Lexer``) can be changed by calling + the ``setLexer()`` method:: + + $twig->setLexer($lexer); + +The Parser +---------- + +The parser converts the token stream into an AST (Abstract Syntax Tree), or a +node tree (an instance of ``Twig_Node_Module``). The core extension defines +the basic nodes like: ``for``, ``if``, ... and the expression nodes. + +You can manually convert a token stream into a node tree by calling the +``parse()`` method of an environment:: + + $nodes = $twig->parse($stream); + +Echoing the node object gives you a nice representation of the tree:: + + echo $nodes."\n"; + +Here is the output for the ``Hello {{ name }}`` template: + +.. code-block:: text + + Twig_Node_Module( + Twig_Node_Text(Hello ) + Twig_Node_Print( + Twig_Node_Expression_Name(name) + ) + ) + +.. note:: + + The default parser (``Twig_TokenParser``) can be changed by calling the + ``setParser()`` method:: + + $twig->setParser($parser); + +The Compiler +------------ + +The last step is done by the compiler. It takes a node tree as an input and +generates PHP code usable for runtime execution of the template. + +You can manually compile a node tree to PHP code with the ``compile()`` method +of an environment:: + + $php = $twig->compile($nodes); + +The generated template for a ``Hello {{ name }}`` template reads as follows +(the actual output can differ depending on the version of Twig you are +using):: + + /* Hello {{ name }} */ + class __TwigTemplate_1121b6f109fe93ebe8c6e22e3712bceb extends Twig_Template + { + protected function doDisplay(array $context, array $blocks = array()) + { + // line 1 + echo "Hello "; + echo twig_escape_filter($this->env, isset($context["name"]) ? $context["name"] : null), "html", null, true); + } + + // some more code + } + +.. note:: + + The default compiler (``Twig_Compiler``) can be changed by calling the + ``setCompiler()`` method:: + + $twig->setCompiler($compiler);