diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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+++ b/composer.json
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+{
+ "name": "gwhc/blog",
+ "description": "Simple blog management",
+ "type": "project",
+ "license": "ISC",
+ "authors": [
+ {
+ "name": "Bill Ross",
+ "email": "wnross@gwhc.net"
+ }
+ ],
+ "require": {
+ "league/commonmark": "^2.7",
+ "symfony/yaml": "^6.0"
+ }
+}
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index c435c3d..a2db71f 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1,57 +1,62 @@
[ 'title' => 'articles' ],
+ 'html' => <<Placeholder for article listings
+ HTML,
+];
}
+$template = file_get_contents('template.inc');
+
+$result = preg_replace_callback('/\[(\w+)\]/', function ($matches) use ($article) {
+ $key = $matches[1];
+ return isset($article['meta'][$key]) ? $article['meta'][$key] : $matches[0]; // fallback to original if key not found
+}, $template);
+
+$rendered= preg_replace('/\[contents?\]/', $article['html'], $result);
+
debug("PAGE: $page\n"
."TYPE: $type\n"
+ ."FILE: $file\n"
."PATH: {$_SERVER['PATH_INFO']}\n");
-# Load file, we do include rather than file_get_contents so PHP can be
-# executed if needed
-ob_start();
-include __DIR__ . '/' . $file;
-$contents = ob_get_clean();
-
-# Split off head matter
-#
-# this pattern uses the 'ms' modifier to treat multiline strings as a
-# single string, and let '\s', '.' etc treat newlines as whitespace
-# I match an _optional_ HTML ( '') comment if we want to wrap
-# the headmatter in a comment.
-#
-# The headmatter is delimited by either '----' or '++++' as per
-# Markdown/yaml standards.
-# Technical note that '+' is a regex character so \+{3,} instead of ++++
-if (preg_match('/^()?(.*)/ms',$contents, $parts) === true) {
- $var_dump($parts);
-}
-
+echo $rendered;
diff --git a/lang.md b/lang.md
index 76b268d..9974bab 100644
--- a/lang.md
+++ b/lang.md
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-----
+---
# Markdown Friendly Headmatter
date: 2025-05-08
title: Why is translation important
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ tags:
- Multilingual websites
- Customer trust
- SEO optimization
-----
+---
In today’s global marketplace, businesses of all sizes are reaching out to customers beyond their local borders. For small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), having a corporate website that speaks the language of potential customers is no longer just a nice-to-have; it’s essential. Here’s why translation is important for your corporate website.
diff --git a/front.php b/lib/front.php
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rename from front.php
rename to lib/front.php
diff --git a/lib/render_markdown.php b/lib/render_markdown.php
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+++ b/lib/render_markdown.php
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+addExtension(new CommonMarkCoreExtension());
+ $environment->addExtension(new GithubFlavoredMarkdownExtension());
+ $environment->addExtension(new FrontMatterExtension());
+
+ $converter = new MarkdownConverter($environment);
+
+ $markdownText = file_get_contents($file);
+ // Convert markdown and extract front matter
+ /** @var RenderedContentWithFrontMatter $result */
+ $result = $converter->convert($markdownText);
+
+ // Parse YAML front matter
+ if ($result instanceof RenderedContentWithFrontMatter) {
+ $frontMatter = $result->getFrontMatter();
+ }
+ $html = $result->getContent();
+
+ // return result
+ return [
+ 'meta' => $frontMatter,
+ 'html' => $html,
+ ];
+}
diff --git a/lib/render_php.php b/lib/render_php.php
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+') comment if we want to wrap
+ # the headmatter in a comment.
+ #
+ # The headmatter is delimited by either '----' or '++++' as per
+ # Markdown/yaml standards.
+ # Technical note that '+' is a regex character so \+{3,} instead of ++++
+ if (preg_match('/^()?\s*(.*)/ms',$html, $parts) === 1) {
+ $html = $parts[6];
+ $meta = array_merge($meta,Yaml::parse($parts[3]));
+ }
+
+ return [
+ 'html' => $html,
+ 'meta' => $meta,
+ ];
+}
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diff --git a/template.inc.simple b/template.inc.simple
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