added support for hero content capturing (thanks Christophe Boulain) and updated the less compiler

demo/less/styles.less

 // IMPORTS
 
 @import "../../lib/bootstrap/less/mixins.less";
-@import "../css/highlight.css";
+@import "highlight.less";
 
 // VARIABLES
 

demo/protected/extensions/less/components/LessCompiler.php

@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@
  * @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php New BSD License
  */
 
-Yii::setPathOfAlias('Less', realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../lib/lessphp/lib/Less'));
+Yii::setPathOfAlias('Less', dirname(__FILE__).'/../lib/lessphp/lib/Less');
 
+/**
+ * Less compiler application component.
+ * Preload the component to enable auto compiling.
+ */
 class LessCompiler extends CApplicationComponent
 {
 	/**
@@ -19,9 +23,9 @@ class LessCompiler extends CApplicationComponent
 	 */
 	public $paths = array();
 	/**
-	 * @var boolean whether to auto compile
+	 * @var boolean indicates whether to force compiling.
 	 */
-	public $autoCompile = false;
+	public $forceCompile = false;
 	/**
 	 * @var boolean compiler debug mode.
 	 */
@@ -30,29 +34,26 @@ class LessCompiler extends CApplicationComponent
 	 * @var boolean whether to compress css or not.
 	 */
 	public $compress = false;
-	/**
-	 * @var \Less\Parser the less parser.
-	 */
+
 	protected $_parser;
 
 	/**
 	 * Initializes the component.
-	 * @throws CException if the base path does not exist
 	 */
 	public function init()
 	{
-		if (!isset($this->basePath))
+		if ($this->basePath === null)
 			$this->basePath = Yii::getPathOfAlias('webroot');
 
 		if (!file_exists($this->basePath))
-			throw new CException(__CLASS__.': Failed to initialize compiler. Base path does not exist!');
+			throw new CException(__CLASS__.': Failed to initialize compiler. Base path does not exist.');
 
 		$env = new \Less\Environment();
-		$env->compress = $this->compress;
-		$env->debug = $this->debug;
+		$env->setDebug($this->debug);
+		$env->setCompress($this->compress);
 		$this->_parser = new \Less\Parser($env);
 
-		if ($this->autoCompile/* && $this->hasChanges()*/)
+		if ($this->forceCompile || $this->hasChanges())
 			$this->compile();
 	}
 
@@ -70,17 +71,16 @@ class LessCompiler extends CApplicationComponent
 			if (file_exists($fromPath))
 				file_put_contents($toPath, $this->parse($fromPath));
 			else
-				throw new CException(__CLASS__.': Failed to compile less file. Source path does not exist!');
+				throw new CException(__CLASS__.': Failed to compile less file. Source path does not exist.');
 
 			$this->_parser->clearCss();
 		}
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Parses the less code to css.
+	 * Parses the less code to CSS.
 	 * @param string $filename the file path to the less file
-	 * @return string the css
-	 * @throws CException
+	 * @return string the CSS
 	 */
 	public function parse($filename)
 	{
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class LessCompiler extends CApplicationComponent
 		}
 		catch (\Less\Exception\ParserException $e)
 		{
-			throw new CException(__CLASS__.': Failed to compile less file with message: "'.$e->getMessage().'".');
+			throw new CException(__CLASS__.': Failed to parse less file. "'.$e->getMessage().'".');
 		}
 
 		return $css;
@@ -100,16 +100,18 @@ class LessCompiler extends CApplicationComponent
 	 * Returns whether any of files configured to be compiled has changed.
 	 * @return boolean the result
 	 */
-	public function hasChanges()
+	protected function hasChanges()
 	{
 		$dirs = array();
 		foreach ($this->paths as $source => $destination)
 		{
+			$destination = realpath($destination);
 			$compiled = $this->getLastModified($destination);
 			if (!isset($lastCompiled) || $compiled < $lastCompiled )
 				$lastCompiled = $compiled;
 
-			if (!in_array(dirname($source), $dirs))
+			$source = realpath($source);
+			if (!in_array($source, $dirs))
 				$dirs[] = $source;
 		}
 
@@ -142,20 +144,19 @@ class LessCompiler extends CApplicationComponent
 			{
 				$lastModified = null;
 
-				/** @var Directory $dir */
 				$dir = dir($path);
 				while ($entry = $dir->read())
 				{
 					if (strpos($entry, '.') === 0)
 						continue;
 
-					$path .= '/'.$entry;
+					$entry = $path.'/'.$entry;
 
-					if( is_dir($path) )
-						$modified = $this->getLastModified($path);
+					if( is_dir($entry) )
+						$modified = $this->getLastModified($entry);
 					else
 					{
-						$stat = stat($path);
+						$stat = stat($entry);
 						$modified = $stat['mtime'];
 					}
 

demo/protected/extensions/less/lib/lessphp/lib/Less/Parser.php

@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class Parser {
         if ($this->peek('/', 1)) {
             return new \Less\Node\Comment($this->match('/^\/\/.*/'), true);
         } else {
-            if ($comment = $this->match('/^\\/\*(?:[^*]|\*+[^\\/*])*\*+\\/\n?/')) {
+            if ($comment = $this->match('/\/\*.*?\*\//s')) {
                 return new \Less\Node\Comment($comment, false);
             }
         }

demo/protected/views/layouts/main.php

@@ -86,19 +86,18 @@
 
 <div class="container">
 
-	<?php $this->widget('bootstrap.widgets.BootHero', array(
+	<?php $this->beginWidget('bootstrap.widgets.BootHero', array(
 		'heading'=>Yii::app()->name,
-		'content'=>"
-			<p>
-				Bringing together the ".CHtml::link('Yii PHP framework', 'http://www.yiiframework.com')." and
-				".CHtml::link('Bootstrap', 'http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/').", Twitter's new web development toolkit.
-				Now with support for Bootstrap 2!
-				".CHtml::link('Yii-Bootstrap', 'http://www.yiiframework.com/extension/bootstrap/')."
-				is an extension for Yii that provides a wide range of server-side widgets that allow you to easily use Bootstrap with Yii.
-				All widgets have been developed following Yii's conventions and work seemlessly together with Bootstrap and its jQuery plugins.
-			</p>
-		",
 	)); ?>
+		<p>
+			Bringing together the <?php echo CHtml::link('Yii PHP framework', 'http://www.yiiframework.com'); ?> and
+			<?php echo CHtml::link('Bootstrap', 'http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/'); ?> Twitter's new web development toolkit.
+			Now with support for Bootstrap 2!
+			<?php echo CHtml::link('Yii-Bootstrap', 'http://www.yiiframework.com/extension/bootstrap/'); ?>
+			is an extension for Yii that provides a wide range of server-side widgets that allow you to easily use Bootstrap with Yii.
+			All widgets have been developed following Yii's conventions and work seamlessly together with Bootstrap and its jQuery plugins.
+		</p>
+	<?php $this->endWidget(); ?>
 
 	<?php if (!empty($this->breadcrumbs)):?>
 		<?php $this->widget('bootstrap.widgets.BootBreadcrumbs', array(

demo/protected/views/site/index.php

@@ -1190,13 +1190,12 @@ $('#buttonStateful').click(function() {
 
 	<h2>Hero unit <small>Coming in version 0.9.10</small></h2>
 
-	<?php $this->widget('bootstrap.widgets.BootHero', array(
+	<?php $this->beginWidget('bootstrap.widgets.BootHero', array(
 		'heading'=>'Hello, world!',
-		'content'=>"
-			<p>This is a simple hero unit, a simple jumbotron-style component for calling extra attention to featured content or information.</p>
-			<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-large\">Learn more</a></p>
-		",
 	)); ?>
+		<p>This is a simple hero unit, a simple jumbotron-style component for calling extra attention to featured content or information.</p>
+		<p><a class="btn btn-primary btn-large">Learn more</a></p>
+	<?php $this->endWidget(); ?>
 
 	<h4>Source code</h4>
 
@@ -1204,11 +1203,16 @@ $('#buttonStateful').click(function() {
 [php]
 <?php \$this->widget('bootstrap.widgets.BootHero', array(
 	'heading'=>'Hello, world!',
-	'content'=>\"
-		<p>This is a simple hero unit, a simple jumbotron-style component for calling extra attention to featured content or information.</p>
-		<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-large\">Learn more</a></p>
-	\",
 )); ?>
+~~~
+~~~
+[html]
+<p>This is a simple hero unit, a simple jumbotron-style component for calling extra attention to featured content or information.</p>
+<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-large\">Learn more</a></p>
+~~~
+~~~
+[php]
+<?php \$this->endWidget(); ?>
 ~~~"); ?>
 
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widgets/BootHero.php

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Yii::import('bootstrap.widgets.BootWidget');
 
 /**
  * Modest bootstrap hero widget.
+ * Thanks to Christphe Boulain for suggesting content capturing.
  */
 class BootHero extends BootWidget
 {
@@ -20,10 +21,6 @@ class BootHero extends BootWidget
 	 */
 	public $heading;
 	/**
-	 * @var string the content text.
-	 */
-	public $content;
-	/**
 	 * @var boolean indicates whether to encode the heading.
 	 */
 	public $encodeHeading = true;
@@ -41,6 +38,9 @@ class BootHero extends BootWidget
 
 		if ($this->encodeHeading)
 			$this->heading = CHtml::encode($this->heading);
+
+		ob_start();
+		ob_implicit_flush(false);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -48,9 +48,13 @@ class BootHero extends BootWidget
 	 */
 	public function run()
 	{
+		$content = ob_get_clean();
 		echo CHtml::openTag('div', $this->htmlOptions);
-		echo CHtml::tag('h1', array(), $this->heading);
-		echo $this->content;
+
+		if (isset($this->heading))
+			echo CHtml::tag('h1', array(), $this->heading);
+
+		echo $content;
 		echo '</div>';
 	}
 }