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bandar/bandar
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Fully tested, super minimalistic PHP template engine for PHP 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5

3.0.0(11y ago)6557MITPHPPHP >=5.2.0

Since Nov 10Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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Bandar
======

[](#bandar)

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Fully tested minimalistic PHP template engine. Include the class, set your templates location and start rendering.

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

PHP v5.2 and up. Tested on PHP v5.2, v5.3, v5.4, v5.5

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
// example.php
require_once 'lib/Bandar.php';
define(
    'BANDAR_TEMPLATES_PATH',
    dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'views'
);
Bandar::render('users/list', array('users' => array('name' => 'John Smith')));
```

```
// views/users/list.php

```

Run it

```
php example.php
```

#### Page with sidebar

[](#page-with-sidebar)

```
// example-with-sidebar.php
require_once 'lib/Bandar.php';
define(
    'BANDAR_TEMPLATES_PATH',
    dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'views'
);
$sidebar = Bandar::getTemplateContent('common/sidebar');
Bandar::render(
    'users/list',
    array(
        'users'   => array(array('name' => 'John Smith')),
        'sidebar' => $sidebar
    )
);
```

```
// views/users/list.php

```

```
// views/common/sidebar.php
Sidebar content
```

Run it

```
php example-with-sidebar.php
```

### Tests

[](#tests)

Coverage reports are stored inside the coverage folder. The goal is to always have 100% coverage.

```
phpunit
```

### Documentation

[](#documentation)

```
phpdoc -f lib/Bandar.php
```

### Contributing

[](#contributing)

For code guidelines refer to `.editorconfig`. This project is following PEAR code standard - The project is following Vincent Driessen's branching model aka git flow - Make sure to submit your pull requests against the **develop** branch

### License

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~71 days

Total

5

Last Release

4282d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02013-11-14

2.1.0 → 3.0.02014-08-23

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/656bc955ff095f76699b2144615fdf0282b990f3033d2275b8a27713eece6fff?d=identicon)[yani-](/maintainers/yani-)

---

Top Contributors

[![yani-](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1627243?v=4)](https://github.com/yani- "yani- (3 commits)")

---

Tags

templatetemplate engineengine

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