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drmonkeyninja/cakephp-font-awesome
==================================

CakePHP helper for creating Font Awesome links

3.0.0(9y ago)352.0k↓50%3[1 issues](https://github.com/drmonkeyninja/cakephp-font-awesome/issues)MITPHP

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CakePHP FontAwesome
===================

[](#cakephp-fontawesome)

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This plugin provides a simple helper for creating links containing markup for Font Awesome icons with properly escaped link text. You will need to install Font Awesome separately.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- CakePHP 3.x

Use the 2.x version for CakePHP 2.

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

[](#installation)

This plugin can be installed using Composer:-

```
composer require drmonkeyninja/cakephp-font-awesome:3.*

```

Then add the following line to your bootstrap.php to load the plugin.

```
Plugin::load('FontAwesome');

```

You need to ensure the helper is loaded before you use it in your templates. You can do this from your `AppView.php` file in the `initialize()` method:-

```
public function initialize()
{
    $this->loadHelper('FontAwesome.Fa');
}

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To render a link containing the markup for the `fa-chevron-circle-right` icon at the end you can do:-

```

```

If you want the icon to appear before the text you can use the `before` option:-

```

```

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

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 ~162 days

Recently: every ~203 days

Total

6

Last Release

3169d ago

Major Versions

2.0.2 → 3.x-dev2017-02-17

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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Tags

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