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[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) 4. / 5. gsteel/looker ActiveLibrary[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) gsteel/looker ============= 0.11.0(1mo ago)030.8kβ€”4.5%[1 issues](https://github.com/gsteel/looker/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/gsteel/looker/pulls)2MITPHPPHP ~8.4 || ~8.5CI passing Since Oct 25Pushed 3d ago2 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/gsteel/looker)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/gsteel/looker)[ RSS](/packages/gsteel-looker/feed)WikiDiscussions 0.12.x Synced 2d ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (36)Versions (32)Used By (2) "Looker" - Another PHP HTML Templating Library ============================================== [](#looker---another-php-html-templating-library) [![Continuous Integration](https://github.com/gsteel/looker/actions/workflows/continuous-integration.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/gsteel/looker/actions/workflows/continuous-integration.yml)[![Type Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c514477e40d63dd5d433ee894d8649c85491bba7ff5d9b4764efdce412b5e355/68747470733a2f2f73686570686572642e6465762f6769746875622f67737465656c2f6c6f6f6b65722f636f7665726167652e737667)](https://shepherd.dev/github/gsteel/looker) This library is modelled after [laminas-view](https://github.com/laminas/laminas-view/) but has *less* functionality πŸ™ƒ It doesn't have any of the legacy associated with the MVC framework, and has a plugin manager that keeps track of stateful plugins so that they can easily be reset for each rendering cycle. State in plugins is often unavoidable, but it's a pain in the ass in long-running processes such as Swoole and Roadrunner etc. This library attempts to make dealing with that state safer, easier and more obvious. If you are familiar with `laminas-view`, then a lot of what's here should be familiar too. 'Looker' is in active development and won't be preserving BC until a 1.0 release. Configuration ------------- [](#configuration) The primary target for this lib is a [Mezzio](https://github.com/mezzio/mezzio) application, that said, it doesn't come with any useful bindings for Laminas/Mezzio apps. For that, have a look at [gsteel/looker-mezzio](https://github.com/gsteel/looker-mezzio/). With that out of the way, basic configuration can be found in the [Config Provider](./src/ConfigProvider.php) and you'll most likely be interested in setting up template files: ### Configuring Templates [](#configuring-templates) As per `laminas-view`, we have "template resolvers". 3 of them: - `MapResolver` - `DirectoryResolver` - `AggregateResolver` #### Map Resolver [](#map-resolver) The map resolver requires one-to-one mapping of template name to on-disk file: ``` return [ 'looker' => [ 'templates' => [ 'map' => [ 'some::template' => __DIR__ . '/some/path/to/template.phtml', ], ], ], ]; ``` Given the above configuration, you would render the template with: ``` use Looker\Model\Model; use Looker\Renderer\Renderer; $model = Model::new('some::template', ['variable' => 'value']); /** @var Renderer */ $renderer->render($model); ``` #### Directory Resolver [](#directory-resolver) The directory resolver iterates over the configured directories in order and attempts to find the template name provided, if necessary, appending the `defaultSuffix` when no file name extension is provided. ``` return [ 'looker' => [ 'templates' => [ 'paths' => [ __DIR__ . '/some-directory', __DIR__ . '/other-directory', ], 'defaultSuffix' => 'phtml', ], ], ]; ``` Given the above configuration, the resolver would yield: ``` $resolver->resolve('some/template'); // __DIR__ . '/some-directory/some/template.phtml' $resolver->resolve('something.txt'); // __DIR__ . '/some-directory/something.txt' ``` #### Aggregate Resolver [](#aggregate-resolver) The aggregate resolver composes multiple resolvers and iterates over each in order until it finds the first resolver that can find the given template name. Each configured resolver must be a `\Looker\Template\Resolver` instance that can be retrieved from the DI container in use. ``` return [ 'looker' => [ 'templates' => [ 'aggregate' => [ \Looker\Template\MapResolver::class, \Looker\Template\DirectoryResolver::class, ], ], ], ]; ``` With the above configuration, first the Map resolver would be consulted and then the directory resolver. ### Documentation [](#documentation) Is lacking - at some point I'll get around to improving it… maybe. ### Contributing [](#contributing) Once you cloned the project and made your changes in a branch, please run `make qa` to ensure that all QA tools run successfully before opening a PR πŸ‘ ### Health Score 52 β€” FairBetter than 96% of packages Maintenance96 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity27 Limited adoption so far Community17 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity58 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 63.5% of commits β€” single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** β€” Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** β€” Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** β€” Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** β€” Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~26 days Total 24 Last Release 5d ago PHP version history (4 changes)0.1.x-devPHP ~8.2 || ~8.3 || ~8.4 0.4.0PHP ~8.3 || ~8.4 0.5.x-devPHP ~8.3 || ~8.4 || ~8.5 0.10.0PHP ~8.4 || ~8.5 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2803720?v=4)[George Steel](/maintainers/gsteel)[@gsteel](https://github.com/gsteel) --- Top Contributors [![renovate[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2740?v=4)](https://github.com/renovate[bot] "renovate[bot] (223 commits)")[![gsteel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2803720?v=4)](https://github.com/gsteel "gsteel (128 commits)") --- Tags htmlmarkupmezziophptemplate ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPsalm Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/gsteel-looker/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/gsteel-looker/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/gsteel-looker) ``` ### Alternatives [symfony/symfony The Symfony PHP framework 31.4k87.2M2.2k](/packages/symfony-symfony)[symfony/dependency-injection Allows you to standardize and centralize the way objects are constructed in your application 4.2k455.6M9.6k](/packages/symfony-dependency-injection)[api-platform/core Build a fully-featured hypermedia or GraphQL API in minutes! 2.6k51.2M339](/packages/api-platform-core)[moonshine/moonshine Laravel administration panel 1.3k253.1k81](/packages/moonshine-moonshine)[laminas/laminas-view Fast and type safe HTML templating library with a flexible plugin system supporting multistep template composition 7528.4M269](/packages/laminas-laminas-view)[ecotone/ecotone Enterprise architecture layer for Laravel and Symfony β€” CQRS, Event Sourcing, Durable Workflows (Sagas, Orchestrators), Projections, and Outbox messaging via PHP attributes. 564576.7k53](/packages/ecotone-ecotone) PHPackages Β© 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)