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heimrichhannot/contao-be\_explanation-bundle
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This bundle offers a simple backend explanation form field (inputType).

2.5.0(2y ago)07.6k↑207.7%17LGPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

Since Mar 7Pushed 2y ago5 watchersCompare

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Backend Explanation Bundle
==========================

[](#backend-explanation-bundle)

This bundle offers a simple backend explanation form field (inputType).

Technical instructions
----------------------

[](#technical-instructions)

Just add the field to some of your data container arrays as follows:

```
use AppBundle\EventListener\Dca\TableListener;

$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_table']['fields']['myExplanation'] = [
    'inputType' => 'explanation',
    'eval'      => [
        'text'          => &$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_table']['explanation']['myExplanation'], // this is a string, not an array
        'text_callback' => [TableListener::class, 'onTextCallback'], // a callback to dynamical generate text. Can also be a callable.
        'class'         => 'tl_info', // all contao message css classes are possible
        'tl_class'      => 'w50 long',
        'collapsible'   => true // If text is to long, if will be collapsed
    ]
];
```

#### Text Callback

[](#text-callback)

The callback gets the `$attributes` array from the widget constructor as parameter, which containers the widget config and the current DataContainer.

Example:

```
public function textCallback(array $attributes): string {
    $dc = $attributes["dataContainer"];
    $text = $attributes["text"];
    return "My new text";
}
```

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community22

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity76

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 68.8% 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 ~169 days

Recently: every ~318 days

Total

14

Last Release

834d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02018-05-24

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP ^7.1

2.4.0PHP ^7.1|^8.0

2.5.0-beta0PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/28ad3224d8727b622ebd229840eea6b9dbcb83eb0bd609e6ce65b614830ff538?d=identicon)[digitales@heimrich-hannot.de](/maintainers/digitales@heimrich-hannot.de)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

contaofieldbackenddeveloperexplanation

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