Templates & Responses

Templates and responses define how your application displays content using the chosen template engine. Learn how to return views, render data, and manage different response formats.

Table of Contents

1. PHP Layout Composition and Inheritance

   Template Layout allows PHP layout composition, including sections, nesting, and template selection. It provides a flexible system for building page layouts when using the default template engine.

2. View Response Object

   The Response class allows you to send raw output, JSON, or files directly to the browser, client, or as a controller method response for routing. Perfect for APIs, JS frameworks, or dynamic endpoints.

3. Smarty Template Engine Extension

   Render templates efficiently with Luminova’s Smarty extension helpers that reduce unnecessary class loading and keep your application fast and easy to maintain.

4. Twig Templete Engine Extension

   Using the Twig template engine, to efficiently render templates and minimizing class initialization to save you the time and effort of manually registering classes and functions.

5. Template Rendering and View Object

   The View class renders templates with optional caching and layout inheritance, ideal for MVC/HMVC apps where you need structured and fast HTML output.