Yii LESS Extension

Yii Less Extension gives a simple way to include LESS files in your Yii view files. Yii Less Extension adds a method to the CClientScript class, namely registerLessFile which is very similary to the registerCssFile method, to directly link LESS files in your Yii view files.

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Usage

• Download and extract the extension package to protected/extensions/yiiless directory of your application.
• Make the following modifications to your protected/config/main.php under the components section of the config:

• array(
    // .....
    'components'=>array(
      // .....
      'clientScript' => array(
        'class' => 'ext.yiiless.components.YiiLessCClientScript',
      ),
      // .....
    ),
    // .....
  ),

• In any of your view files just include your less file using Yii::app()->clientScript->registerLessFile("full-or-relative-path-to-your-less-file/style.less");

Eg:

Adding the above in your layouts/main.php will render <web-application-root>/less-files/site.less file as site.css delivered from your assets.

Resources

• LESS CSS
• LESS for PHP
• Yii LESS Extension on GitHub
• Yii LESS Extension on YiiFramewprk.com