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ehough/contemplate
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Template library that uses pure PHP syntax. Nothing new to learn, blazingly fast, and compatible with PHP 5.2+.

1.0.4(12y ago)2506MPL-2.0PHPPHP >=5.1.0

Since Jul 11Pushed 10y agoCompare

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contemplate
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**This library is no longer maintained.** Template library that uses pure PHP syntax. Nothing new to learn, blazingly fast, and compatible with PHP 5.2+.

```
$template = new ehough_contemplate_impl_SimpleTemplate();  //implements ehough_contemplate_api_Template
$template->setPath('/some/path/to/template.html.php');

$template->setVariable('foo', 'bar');
$template->setVariable('baz', array('one' => 'two'));

echo $template->toString();
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community6

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 ~80 days

Total

5

Last Release

4729d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/53b269d929f6ba572a15e4b069d9b59e0e99af74db1be60cbac7a56adfea9221?d=identicon)[ehough](/maintainers/ehough)

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Top Contributors

[![ehough](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/369261?v=4)](https://github.com/ehough "ehough (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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