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azettl/php-nano-template
========================

The php-nano-template class replaces placeholders in a string with values from an array.

0.0.5(5y ago)0261MITPHPPHP ^7.1

Since Aug 1Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-nano-template - Template Engine
===================================

[](#php-nano-template---template-engine)

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The php-nano-template class replaces placeholders in a string with values from an array.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require azettl/php-nano-template
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$nano = new com\azettl\nano\template();
$nano->setTemplate(
  "
    {user.greeting()} {user.function(2)} {user.function('test')} {user.first_name} {user.last name}!
    Your account is {user.account.status}
    {user.nonexistingnode}
  "
);
$nano->setData($aData);
$nano->setShowEmpty(true);

echo $nano->render();
```

or

```
$nano = new com\azettl\nano\template(
  "
    {user.greeting()} {user.first_name} {user.last name}!
    Your account is {user.account.status}
    {user.nonexistingnode}
  ",
  [
    "user" => [
      "login" => "demo",
      "first_name" => "Anon",
      "last name" => "Ymous",
      "account" => [
        "status" => "active",
        "expires_at" => "2016-12-31"
      ],
      "greeting" => function(){
        return 'Hello';
      },
      "function" => function($param){
        return 'Test' . $param;
      }
    ]
  ]
);

echo $nano->render();
```

or

```
$nano = new com\azettl\nano\template();
$nano->setTemplateFile(
  "tests/template.html"
);
$nano->setData($aData);

echo $nano->render();
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.1% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~260 days

Total

5

Last Release

2164d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

templateengine

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