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devtheorem/php-handlebars
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A blazing fast, spec-compliant PHP implementation of Handlebars.

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PHP Handlebars
==============

[](#php-handlebars)

A blazing fast, spec-compliant PHP implementation of [Handlebars](https://handlebarsjs.com).

Originally based on [LightnCandy](https://github.com/zordius/lightncandy), but rewritten to enable full Handlebars.js compatibility without excessive feature flags or performance tradeoffs.

PHP Handlebars compiles and executes complex templates up to 40% faster than LightnCandy:

LibraryCompile timeRuntimeTotal timePeak memory usageLightnCandy 1.2.65.2 ms2.8 ms8.0 ms5.3 MBPHP Handlebars 1.13.5 ms1.6 ms5.1 ms3.6 MB*Tested on PHP 8.5 with the JIT enabled. See the `benchmark` branch to run the same test.*

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Supports all Handlebars syntax and language features, including expressions, subexpressions, helpers, partials, hooks, `@data` variables, whitespace control, and `.length` on arrays.
- Templates are parsed using [PHP Handlebars Parser](https://github.com/devtheorem/php-handlebars-parser), which implements the same lexical analysis and AST grammar specification as Handlebars.js.
- Tested against the full [Handlebars.js spec](https://github.com/jbboehr/handlebars-spec).

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require devtheorem/php-handlebars

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use DevTheorem\Handlebars\Handlebars;

$template = Handlebars::compile('Hello {{name}}!');

echo $template(['name' => 'World']); // Hello World!
```

Precompilation
--------------

[](#precompilation)

Templates can be pre-compiled to native PHP for later execution:

```
use DevTheorem\Handlebars\Handlebars;

$code = Handlebars::precompile('{{org.name}}');

// save the compiled code into a PHP file
file_put_contents('render.php', "