This apache2 module is written to compile LESS code inside the css files when they are requested so the process will be transparent from any script using css no matter what it's language is
this apache2 module is written using c.
when a request is sent to any css file this request will be handeled by this module, the module will compile the css file and create another file from this css file with .less extension, then the module will pass the compiled version as a resposne to the request
example:
request: http://localhost/themes/css/style.css <=== this css file containes LESS codes insde it
the module will compile style.css and save the compiled version to :
resposne: http://localhost/themes/css/style.css.less <==== this is the compiled version from style.css
then the moduel will return the compiled version as response for the file "style.css"
Apache2
sudo apt-get install apache2
Less Css
sudo apt-get install rubygems1.8
sudo gem install rubygems-update
sudo update_rubygems
sudo gem install less
copy /bin/mod_less.so to /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_less.so
chmod 644 /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_less.so
copy /bin/less.load to /etc/apache2/mods-available/less.load
copy /bin/less.conf to /etc/apache2/mods-available/less.conf
you can edit the less.conf file to change when this module is gonna be invoked
for example : this conf with "\.css$" will invoke the module when any .css file is requested
<FilesMatch "\.css$">
SetHandler less
</FilesMatch>
changing "\.css$" to "\.less$" will invoke the module only for requested files with .less extension
source can be found in /src/mod_less.c to compile it you will need the apxs2 tool which can be found in the apache2-prefork-dev package
sudo apt-get install apache2-prefork-dev
after installing apxs2 tool, cd to the src directory and execute this command
sudo apxs2 -c -i mod_less.c
compiled file "mod_less.so" will be automatically copied to /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_less.so and chmoded. you only need to add the less.load and less.conf as mentioned in the Installation section above.
waleed al qadi (waleedq).
note: feel free to fork and contrib to this project