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frqnck/fast-format
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Fast and simple string formater/templater engine. Provides named and nested substutions. Extendable.

0.1.0(8y ago)1264BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3

Since Sep 20Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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FastFormat, lean and fast string formatters!
============================================

[](#fastformat-lean-and-fast-string-formatters)

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An expressive and **fast** string templating engine.

- 100% Unit **tested** and compliant with PSR0, PSR1 and PSR2.
- Continuously integrated against **PHP 5.3**, **5.4**, **5.5**, **5.6**, **7.0** and **HHVM**.
- Available as a [Composer](https://packagist.org/packages/frqnck/string-template) package.

Feel free to comment, send pull requests and patches...

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Apix\String;

$template = new Template;
$template->render("My name is {name} {surname}", ['name' => 'franck', 'surname' => 'Cassedanne']);
```

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

[](#installation)

Install the current major version using Composer with (recommended)

```
$ composer require frqnck/string-template:1.0.*

```

Or install the latest stable version with

```
$ composer require frqnck/string-template

```

License
-------

[](#license)

Pastis is licensed under the New BSD license -- see the `LICENSE.txt` for the full license details.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3158d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1dbf52cf502005b3980f141849589ca308ddf20652b0c3c6371305dad2b9b1df?d=identicon)[frqnck](/maintainers/frqnck)

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Top Contributors

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