Themecli is a PHP script compiled to executable using Bamcompile. It is meant to be used to generate HTML documents by sending variables from your application to your PHP script. So that you can use another tool, like wkhtmltopdf, to generate PDF files.

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themecli.exe <input php script> <output html file> <variables*>

As:

• input php script: Your PHP script. You can use the variables that will be sent later directly (like echoing or manipulating).
• output html file: A HTML file where the output will be saved.
• variables: A base64-encoded JSON object with all your variables and its values (note that you can also send arrays, and loop on them on the script).

Kay... let's say you want to generate a bill. Don't worry, this is a very simple example.

Your PHP script (input) would be like:

<h1>Bill</h1>
<?php
$total = 0;
echo "<p>".$client."</p>";
foreach($items as $item) {
  echo $item['name'].' - '.$item['value']."<br/>";;
  $total += $item['value'];
}
echo "Total: ".$total;

Then you run: themecli.exe yourfile.php result.html "[base64 encoded JSON]"

Where your JSON would be (remember it must be base64 encoded):

{"client":"John Doe","items":[{"name":"Ebook","value":1.99},{"name":"Internet access","value":49}]}