Views
Views are the visual components of your application, typicalliy used to return HTML responses.
Rendering views
To render a view, you can use the view() helper function defined in the app/functions.php file.
return view('welcome', ['name' => 'John Doe']);
This function internally uses the Zaphyr\Utils\Template class, which is part of the
utils repository, to load and process the template.
The view()function returns an instance of Zaphyr\Framework\Http\HtmlResponse, which implements the
Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface. This allows it to be seamlessly used as an HTTP response within your application.
View files location
By default, all view templates are stored in the resources/views directory of your application. For example, when
calling view('welcome'), the framework will automatically look for the corresponding template file at
resources/views/welcome.html.
Template syntax
The view system is intentionally kept lightweight and is best suited for simple projects or quick prototypes. It only supports static HTML files and basic variable replacement using string interpolation.
To include dynamic variables in your templates, wrap them with % signs. For example:
<!-- resources/views/welcome.html -->
<h1>Hello %name%</h1>
When rendered with the view() function, the %name% placeholder will be replaced with the value provided in the
second argument:
return view('welcome', ['name' => 'John Doe']);
The resulting HTML will be:
<h1>Hello John Doe</h1>