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jbboehr/handlebars
==================

PHP handlebars compiler and VM

v0.7.0(10y ago)31.0kLGPLv3PHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Mar 5Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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handlebars.php
==============

[](#handlebarsphp)

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PHP handlebars.js Compiler and VM. Use with [handlebars.c](https://github.com/jbboehr/handlebars.c) and [php-handlebars](https://github.com/jbboehr/php-handlebars).

**Deprecated: Use [php-handlebars](https://github.com/jbboehr/php-handlebars) instead**

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

[php-handlebars](https://github.com/jbboehr/php-handlebars)

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
composer require jbboehr/handlebars
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$handlebars = new Handlebars\Handlebars();

$fn = $handlebars->compile('{{foo}}');
echo $fn(array(
    'foo' => 'bar',
));

echo $handlebars->render('{{foo}}', array(
    'foo' => 'bar',
));
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
make test
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the [LGPLv3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt). handlebars.js is licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

Every ~25 days

Recently: every ~41 days

Total

17

Last Release

3687d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ccc4aa01c69052830471c5ba84c4af824796d46d9920dc8574cb6e368281ab79?d=identicon)[jbboehr](/maintainers/jbboehr)

---

Top Contributors

[![jbboehr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/225601?v=4)](https://github.com/jbboehr "jbboehr (253 commits)")

---

Tags

handlebarshandlebars-jsphpphp-handlebarshandlebars

###  Code Quality

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