> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.squeditor.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# PHP Templating System
> Mastering Squeditor's PHP helpers, layout shells, and rendering architecture.
Squeditor leverages PHP exclusively as a **development templating engine** (similar to WordPress), allowing you to use loops, arrays, and template inclusion without needing a live PHP server in production. It compiles directly into pure, flat HTML.
## Core Helper Functions
Included globally via `base.php`, these helpers (`squeditor/php/functions.php`) prevent you from writing raw `include` statements everywhere.
### `get_template_part()`
Includes structural components from `src/template-parts/`.
```php theme={null}
// Includes src/template-parts/header.php
// Passing an optional associative array down to the partial as $args
true]); ?>
```
### `get_component()`
Includes UIKit3 layout wrappers from `src/components/`.
```php theme={null}
// Includes src/components/accordion.php
true]); ?>
```
### `get_section()`
Includes standalone section blocks from `src/sections/`. This is extremely useful for reusable sections (e.g. Hero, Testimonials) across multiple URLs.
```php theme={null}
// Includes src/sections/hero/hero-centered.php
'About Us',
'subheading' => 'We build things that work.',
]); ?>
```
## Parsing Frontmatter
To natively handle SEO and layout overrides on a per-page basis inside standard `.php` files, Squeditor uses a custom frontmatter syntax driven by a PHP comment block at the very top of each page.
**Example `src/pages/about.php`:**
```php theme={null}
About Our Project
`, metadata, linking the CSS/JS bundles, and injecting the `$content` variable correctly.
```php base.php theme={null}
<?= htmlspecialchars($page_title) ?>
```