Minifier allows you to minify javascript sourcecode into a compact distributable form. It is a PHP5 port of JSMin by Douglas Crockford. “ JSMin is a filter which removes comments and unnecessary whitespace from JavaScript files. It typically reduces filesize by half, resulting in faster downloads. It also encourages a more expressive programming style because it eliminates the download cost of clean, literate self-documentation. ”
The performance of this minifier is not very good compared to the C version; however, it works fairly well for small scripts and cached implementations.
Example 7.2. Minify a javascript string
<?php // Object style $minifier = new Zym_Js_Minifier(); $js = $minifier->process('function() { alert(); }'); // Static $js = Zym_Js_Minifier::minify('function() {alert();}');
Example 7.3. Minify and return code from javascript file
<?php $js = Zym_Js_Minifier::minifyFromFile('dojo.js');
Example 7.4. Minify a javascript file
<?php Zym_Js_Minifier::minifyFile('dojo.js', 'dojo.minified.js');
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