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[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) 4. / 5. league/plates ActiveLibrary[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) league/plates ============= Plates, the native PHP template system that's fast, easy to use and easy to extend. v3.6.0(1y ago)1.5k5.9M↓14.5%185[18 issues](https://github.com/thephpleague/plates/issues)[11 PRs](https://github.com/thephpleague/plates/pulls)20MITPHPPHP ^8.0CI failing Since Nov 14Pushed 4mo ago60 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/thephpleague/plates)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/league/plates)[ Docs](https://platesphp.com)[ RSS](/packages/league-plates/feed)WikiDiscussions v3 Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (3)Versions (24)Used By (20) Plates ====== [](#plates) [![Maintainer](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/933b1d687d728cd5ea012f52c507613b92aa1cc0da2da0afadd455bb23d278dd/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6d61696e7461696e65722d40726167626f796a722d626c75652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://twitter.com/ragboyjr)[![Source Code](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3f9c91b3b435e7f5a7904fc9b49acca42ff87bcfc6aa3af1f79908587f17b880/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f736f757263652d6c65616775652f706c617465732d626c75652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://github.com/thephpleague/plates)[![Latest Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c607849b51e8c863d3d61ac13dea33c33e8fe665de0346b1e59baff9b7db6b57/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f72656c656173652f7468657068706c65616775652f706c617465732e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://github.com/thephpleague/plates/releases)[![Software License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/55c0218c8f8009f06ad4ddae837ddd05301481fcf0dff8e0ed9dadda8780713e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d627269676874677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](LICENSE)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1f6be72003d9ea0fe46f2a77dc6332dde02d90fb57a804686c3bd5bb8a3027e7/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f616374696f6e732f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f7468657068706c65616775652f706c617465732f7068702e796d6c3f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://github.com/thephpleague/plates/actions?query=workflow%3APHP+branch%3Av3)[![Quality Score](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3f74171ae40ba502cd4230de3b987b5cc81d55d1d405d6bfca6bbcd4462a9c0d/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7363727574696e697a65722f672f7468657068706c65616775652f706c617465732e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/thephpleague/plates)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b3c836598ce8d85298a11eb62526302ba07c998110bc0c40d1b932f8910073be/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f6c65616775652f706c617465732e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/league/plates) Plates is a native PHP template system that's fast, easy to use and easy to extend. It's inspired by the excellent [Twig](http://twig.sensiolabs.org/) template engine and strives to bring modern template language functionality to native PHP templates. Plates is designed for developers who prefer to use native PHP templates over compiled template languages, such as Twig or Smarty. ### Highlights [](#highlights) - Native PHP templates, no new [syntax](https://platesphp.com/templates/syntax/) to learn - Plates is a template system, not a template language - Plates encourages the use of existing PHP functions - Increase code reuse with template [layouts](https://platesphp.com/templates/layouts/) and [inheritance](https://platesphp.com/templates/inheritance/) - Template [folders](https://platesphp.com/engine/folders/) for grouping templates into namespaces - [Data](https://platesphp.com/templates/data/#preassigned-and-shared-data) sharing across templates - Preassign [data](https://platesphp.com/templates/data/#preassigned-and-shared-data) to specific templates - Built-in [escaping](https://platesphp.com/templates/escaping/) helpers - Easy to extend using [functions](https://platesphp.com/engine/functions/) and [extensions](https://platesphp.com/engine/extensions/) - Framework-agnostic, will work with any project - Decoupled design makes templates easy to test - Composer ready and PSR-2 compliant Installation ------------ [](#installation) Plates is available via Composer: ``` composer require league/plates ``` Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) Full documentation can be found at [platesphp.com](https://platesphp.com/). Testing ------- [](#testing) ``` composer test ``` Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) Please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/thephpleague/plates/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details. Security -------- [](#security) If you discover any security related issues, please email instead of using the issue tracker. Credits ------- [](#credits) - [RJ Garcia](https://github.com/ragboyjr) (Current Maintainer) - [Jonathan Reinink](https://github.com/reinink) (Original Author) - [All Contributors](https://github.com/thephpleague/plates/contributors) License ------- [](#license) The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](https://github.com/thephpleague/plates/blob/master/LICENSE) for more information. ### Health Score 67 — FairBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance59 Moderate activity, may be stable Popularity70 Solid adoption and visibility Community55 Growing community involvement Maturity78 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 61.8% 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 ~222 days Recently: every ~725 days Total 21 Last Release 129d ago Major Versions 1.2.1 → 2.0.02014-03-31 2.1.0 → 3.0.02014-09-27 3.3.0 → v4.0.0-alpha2018-01-31 PHP version history (4 changes)3.2.0PHP ^5.3 | ^7.0 v4.0.0-alphaPHP ^7.0 v3.4.0PHP ^7.0|^8.0 v3.6.0PHP ^8.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/eb6fefdc879af2c2166f13dd63ef8a33f88f58b642b67077df7ccb68e975afa4?d=identicon)[reinink](/maintainers/reinink) ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a6f21acab19d85e04f8ce3ff759743f9438810ab7771d7ddf96d167fa9f86220?d=identicon)[ragboyjr](/maintainers/ragboyjr) --- Top Contributors [![reinink](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/882133?v=4)](https://github.com/reinink "reinink (165 commits)")[![ragboyjr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1975857?v=4)](https://github.com/ragboyjr "ragboyjr (42 commits)")[![localheinz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/605483?v=4)](https://github.com/localheinz "localheinz (12 commits)")[![SxDx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2004247?v=4)](https://github.com/SxDx "SxDx (4 commits)")[![electricjones](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5412413?v=4)](https://github.com/electricjones "electricjones (4 commits)")[![baileylo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/145345?v=4)](https://github.com/baileylo "baileylo (4 commits)")[![roxblnfk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4152481?v=4)](https://github.com/roxblnfk "roxblnfk (3 commits)")[![GrahamCampbell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2829600?v=4)](https://github.com/GrahamCampbell "GrahamCampbell (3 commits)")[![ricardofiorani](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1641075?v=4)](https://github.com/ricardofiorani "ricardofiorani (3 commits)")[![carbontwelve](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/464699?v=4)](https://github.com/carbontwelve "carbontwelve (2 commits)")[![odahcam](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3942006?v=4)](https://github.com/odahcam "odahcam (2 commits)")[![harikt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/120454?v=4)](https://github.com/harikt "harikt (2 commits)")[![magnus-eriksson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3640297?v=4)](https://github.com/magnus-eriksson "magnus-eriksson (2 commits)")[![srjlewis](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/56001?v=4)](https://github.com/srjlewis "srjlewis (2 commits)")[![kozubsky](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29902572?v=4)](https://github.com/kozubsky "kozubsky (2 commits)")[![visavi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/826831?v=4)](https://github.com/visavi "visavi (1 commits)")[![duncan3dc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/546811?v=4)](https://github.com/duncan3dc "duncan3dc (1 commits)")[![elazar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15487?v=4)](https://github.com/elazar "elazar (1 commits)")[![fatcat386](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12583551?v=4)](https://github.com/fatcat386 "fatcat386 (1 commits)")[![gomzyakov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1460709?v=4)](https://github.com/gomzyakov "gomzyakov (1 commits)") --- Tags native-php-templatesphp7templatespackageleaguetemplatingtemplatesviews ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/league-plates/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/league-plates/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/league-plates) ``` ### Alternatives [igaster/laravel-theme Laravel Themes: Asset & Views folder per theme. 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