---
name: "Text::MicroMason::PLP"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtext-micromason-perl"
version: "2.23-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Text::MicroMason::PLP"
---

# Text::MicroMason::PLP(3pm)

Alternate Syntax like PLP Templates

## NAME

Text::MicroMason::PLP - Alternate Syntax like PLP Templates

## SYNOPSIS

Instead of using this class directly, pass its name to be mixed in:

```
    use Text::MicroMason;
    my $mason = Text::MicroMason::Base->new( -PLP );
```

Use the standard compile and execute methods to parse and evaluate templates:

```
  print $mason->compile( text=>$template )->( @%args );
  print $mason->execute( text=>$template, @args );
```

The PLP syntax provides another way to mix Perl into a text template:

```
    <: my $name = $ARGS{name};
      if ( $name eq 'Dave' ) {  :>
      I'm sorry <:= $name :>, I'm afraid I can't do that right now.
    <: } else {
        my $hour = (localtime)[2];
        my $daypart = ( $hour > 11 ) ? 'afternoon' : 'morning';
      :>
      Good <:= $daypart :>, <:= $name :>!
    <: } :>
```

## DESCRIPTION

This subclass replaces MicroMason's normal lexer with one that supports a syntax similar to that provided by the PLP module.

### Compatibility with PLP

PLP is a web-oriented system with many fatures, of which only the templating functionality is emulated.

This is not a drop-in replacement for PLP, as the implementation is quite different, but it should be able to process some existing templates without major changes.

The following features of EmbPerl syntax are supported:

- •

  Basic markup tags

The following syntax features of are **not** supported:

- •

  Emulation of functions defined in PLP::Functions is incomplete.

- •

  Web server interface with tied

### Template Syntax

The following elements are recognized by the PLP lexer:

- •

  \<: perl statements :\>

  Arbitrary Perl code to be executed at this point in the template.

- •

  \<:= perl expression :\>

  A Perl expression to be evaluated and included in the output.

- •

  \<( file, arguments )\>

  Includes an external template file.

### Private Methods

- lex\_token

  ```
    ( $type, $value ) = $mason->lex_token();
  ```

  Lexer for \<: ... :\> and \<( ... )\> tags.

  Attempts to parse a token from the template text stored in the global `$_` and returns a token type and value. Returns an empty list if unable to parse further due to an error.

- assemble

  Performs compile-time file includes for any include tokens found by lex\_token.

## SEE ALSO

The interface being emulated is described in PLP.

For an overview of this templating framework, see Text::MicroMason.

This is a mixin class intended for use with Text::MicroMason::Base.

For distribution, installation, support, copyright and license  information, see Text::MicroMason::Docs::ReadMe.