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getphred/scape
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A Lightweight PHP Template Engine

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Scape Templates
===============

[](#scape-templates)

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A lightweight, standalone PHP template engine designed for simplicity, security, and performance. Scape focuses on being an **Output Engine first**, marrying pre-processed data with design while enforcing a "logic-light" philosophy.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- **Dot Notation & Bracket Access**: Effortlessly access nested objects and arrays.
- **Inheritance & Blocks**: Define base layouts and override sections in child templates.
- **Partials & Includes**: Reuse template snippets with controlled data scoping.
- **Filter Pipeline**: Transform data using built-in or custom filters (e.g., `{{ var | lower | ucfirst }}`).
    - Built-in filters: `lower`, `upper`, `ucfirst`, `currency`, `float`, `date`, `truncate`, `default`, `json`, `url_encode`, `join`, `first`, `last`, `word_count`, `keys`.
    - Filters can be used in variable interpolations, `foreach` loops, and `include` tags.
- **Secure by Default**: Automatic contextual HTML escaping for all variables.
- **AST Caching**: High performance via Abstract Syntax Tree caching with automatic dev-mode invalidation.
- **Host Integration (IoC)**: Easy integration with frameworks through the reserved `host` namespace.
- **Logic-Light**: Encourages separation of concerns by supporting only necessary logic like `foreach`.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require getphred/scape
```

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

```
use Scape\Engine;

$engine = new Engine([
    'templates_dir' => __DIR__ . '/templates',
    'mode' => 'debug' // or 'production'
]);

echo $engine->render('index', [
    'title' => 'Welcome to Scape',
    'user' => ['name' => 'Funky']
]);
```

### Basic Syntax

[](#basic-syntax)

#### Interpolation (Escaped)

[](#interpolation-escaped)

`{{ user.name }}`

#### Raw Interpolation

[](#raw-interpolation)

`{{{ raw_html }}}`

#### Loops

[](#loops)

```
{( foreach item in items )}
    {{ item }}
{( endforeach )}
```

#### Filtering

[](#filtering)

`{{ price | currency('USD') }}`

#### Advanced Expressions

[](#advanced-expressions)

`{( foreach key in user_data | keys )}`

`{[ include 'partial' with data | first ]}`

#### Inheritance

[](#inheritance)

`layout.scape.php`:

```

    {[ block 'title' ]}Default Title{[ endblock ]}
    {[ block 'content' ]}{[ endblock ]}

```

`page.scape.php`:

```
{[ extends 'layout' ]}
{[ block 'title' ]}My Page{[ endblock ]}
{[ block 'content' ]}
    Hello World
{[ endblock ]}
```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

Scape uses environment variables or programmatic configuration:

- `SCAPE_TEMPLATES_DIR`: Default `./templates`
- `SCAPE_LAYOUTS_DIR`: Default `./templates/layouts`
- `SCAPE_PARTIALS_DIR`: Default `./templates/partials`
- `SCAPE_FILTERS_DIR`: Default `./filters`
- `SCAPE_CACHE_DIR`: Default `./.scape/cache`
- `SCAPE_MODE`: `production` (default) or `debug`

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

18

—

LowBetter than 8% of packages

Maintenance51

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity1

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity14

Early-stage or recently created project

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

143d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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