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brick/html
==========
HTML 5 generation library
0.1.1(8y ago)42.4k↓50%42MITPHPPHP >=7.1
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Brick\\Html
===========
[](#brickhtml)
[](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brick/brick/master/logo.png)
A very simple HTML 5 generation library.
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Installation
------------
[](#installation)
This library is installable via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):
```
composer require brick/html
```
Requirements
------------
[](#requirements)
This library requires PHP 7.1 or later.
Project status & release process
------------------------------------
[](#project-status--release-process)
This library is still under development.
The current releases are numbered `0.x.y`. When a non-breaking change is introduced (adding new methods, optimizing existing code, etc.), `y` is incremented.
**When a breaking change is introduced, a new `0.x` version cycle is always started.**
It is therefore safe to lock your project to a given release cycle, such as `0.1.*`.
If you need to upgrade to a newer release cycle, check the [release history](https://github.com/brick/html/releases) for a list of changes introduced by each further `0.x.0` version.
Introduction
------------
[](#introduction)
This library contains a single class, `Tag`, that represents an HTML tag. You construct a `Tag` using a tag name:
```
use Brick\Html\Tag;
$div = new Tag('div');
```
### Attributes
[](#attributes)
You can pass an optional associative array of attributes to the constructor:
```
$div = new Tag('div', [
'id' => 'main',
'class' => 'block',
]);
```
Or you can set attributes later:
```
$tag->setAttributes([
'id' => 'main',
'class' => 'block',
]);
```
Or:
```
$tag->setAttribute('id', 'main')
->setAttribute('class', 'block');
```
You can also remove attributes:
```
$tag->removeAttribute('id');
```
### Content
[](#content)
You can set the content of a `Tag`, provided that it's not a *void* tag such as ``, ``, etc. If you try to modify the content of a void tag, you'll get a `LogicException`.
You can set or append a plain text content:
```
$tag->setTextContent('Hello, world!');
$tag->appendTextContent("\nWhat's up?");
```
Or set/append a HTML content:
```
$tag->setHtmlContent('Hello, world!');
$tag->appendHtmlContent("What's up?");
```
You can also append another `Tag`:
```
$tag->append($otherTag);
```
You can remove the content of a `Tag`:
```
$tag->empty();
```
You can check if a `Tag` has an empty content:
```
$tag->isEmpty(); // boolean
```
### Rendering a tag
[](#rendering-a-tag)
You can render a tag by using its `render()` method, or just by casting it to string:
```
echo $tag; // will output something like: Hello, world!
```
### Encoding
[](#encoding)
All texts (attributes, content) are expected to be valid UTF-8.
### Health Score
30
—
LowBetter than 64% of packages
Maintenance20
Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained
Popularity26
Limited adoption so far
Community15
Small or concentrated contributor base
Maturity49
Maturing project, gaining track record
Bus Factor1
Top contributor holds 97.7% 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 ~0 days
Total
2
Last Release
3146d ago
### Community
Maintainers
[BenMorel](/maintainers/BenMorel)
---
Top Contributors
[](https://github.com/BenMorel "BenMorel (42 commits)")[](https://github.com/peter279k "peter279k (1 commits)")
---
Tags
htmlhtml-tagsphpbrickhtml
### Code Quality
TestsPHPUnit
### Embed Badge
```
[](https://phpackages.com/packages/brick-html)
```
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