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bpstr/elements-php
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A simple PHP library to render HTML elements.

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elements-php
============

[](#elements-php)

Render HTML elements with PHP.

Inspired by chainable query structures, and jQuery DOM management.

With Elements-php it is possible to render an HTML element without writing a single line of HTML code.

Basic markup
------------

[](#basic-markup)

Create a simple Markup object with chainable methods. When turning it into a string, you will get a [standard markup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markup_language).

```
$markup = Markup::create('document')->attr('created', date('Y-m-d');
$markup->content('title', Markup::create('title', 'Lorem ipsum.'));
echo $markup;
```

And the output will be:

```
Lorem ipsum.
```

Creating an element
-------------------

[](#creating-an-element)

The `Element` class extends `Markup` to provide more advenced features for rendering HTML.

```
$div = Element::create('p', 'Lorem ipsum', ['class' => 'lead']);

echo $div; // Lorem ipsum
```

The same result can be achieved with chainable methods:

```
echo Element::create('p')->appendContent('Lorem ipsum')->addClass('lead');

// OR

$div = new Element('p');
$div->appendContent('Lorem ipsum');
if (true) {
    $div->addClass('lead');
}

echo $div;
```

### Creating more advanced structures

[](#creating-more-advanced-structures)

It is possible to pass another element, or array of other elements as the second argument of `Element::create()` which makes it incredibly convinent to render advanced HTML structures *with pure PHP!*

```
echo Element::create('div', [
    new Heading('This is an H1 tag'),
    Element::create('ul', [
        Element::create('li', 'The first list item'),
        Element::create('li', 'The second item'),
    ]),
    new Image('image.jpg', 'Some Alt text')
])->addClass('container');
```

The example above will return the following HTML markup: **(minified!)**

```

    This is an H1 tag

        The first list item
        The second item

```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance54

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity26

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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