leafo/lessphp

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lessphp is a compiler for the LESS CSS preprocessor language written entirely in PHP, distributed as a single includable class with an optional command-line interface. It is designed to be compatible with less.js and serve as a drop-in replacement for compiling LESS to CSS in PHP projects.

Use cases

• compile LESS to CSS in a PHP project
• compile stylesheets from the command line
• auto-recompile LESS files only when they change
• set LESS variables from PHP at compile time
• register custom LESS functions in PHP
• compress CSS output for production

When to choose

• your project is in PHP and you need server-side LESS compilation without Node.js
• you want a single-file dependency with no build tooling
• you need a CLI compiler with watch mode on a PHP-only stack

When to avoid

• you need the latest LESS language features, since less.js is the reference implementation
• your build pipeline already uses Node.js tooling like less.js or webpack
• you need actively developed features or fast bug turnaround

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

compiler cli developer-tools web-development frontend developer-tools php cli less css-preprocessor stylesheet-compiler single-file-library web-server

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