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lorenzomilesi/templates
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A simple template manager to replace placeholders inside strings

v0.2.0(4y ago)02MITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since Oct 30Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Templates
=========

[](#templates)

A simple template manager to replace placeholders inside strings.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Creating a Placeholder

[](#creating-a-placeholder)

First, you may need to create a Placeholder, it gives you a `$tag` property and a `value()` method to set up.

The `$tag` is the placeholder that will be replaced by the result of the `value()` method.

```
// MyCustomPlaceholder.php

use LorenzoMilesi\Templates\Placeholder;

class MyCustomPlaceholder extends Placeholder
{
    protected static string $tag = '[custom]';

    public static function value() : string
    {
        return 'yey';
    }
}
```

### Using Placeholders in Templates

[](#using-placeholders-in-templates)

Then, anywhere should you need it, you may create a Template instance that will be responsible for transforming a given content by replacing every defined placeholders by their values.

```
use LorenzoMilesi\Templates\Template;

// Load the template with given content and placeholders to replace
$template = Template::load('placeholders will be replaced, [custom]')
        ->addPlaceholder(MyCustomPlacehoder::up());

// This will return : "placeholders will be replaced, yey"
$template->__toString();
```

### PlaceholderFactory

[](#placeholderfactory)

Sometimes you do not want to create a custom placeholder in a class file, consequently, we created a PlaceholderFactory to setup anonymous placeholder classes on the fly:

```
use LorenzoMilesi\Templates\Template;
use LorenzoMilesi\Templates\PlaceholderFactory;

$datePlaceholder = PlaceholderFactory::build('[date]', \Carbon\Carbon::today()->format('Y-m-d'));

Template::load('Today date is [date]')
    ->addPlaceholder($datePlaceholder);
```

So far, so good, you may add several placeholders and build successful template's replacement systems:

```
use LorenzoMilesi\Templates\Template;
use LorenzoMilesi\Templates\PlaceholderFactory;

$datePlaceholder = PlaceholderFactory::build('[date]', \Carbon\Carbon::today()->format('Y-m-d'));

$userPlaceholder = PlaceholderFactory::build('[username]', auth()->user()->getName());

$teamPlaceholder = PlaceholderFactory::build('[teamname]', auth()->user()->team()->getName);

Template::load('Hello [username], we\'re on [date] and you joined [teamname] :)')
    ->addPlaceholder($datePlaceholder)
    ->addPlaceholder($userPlaceholder)
    ->addPlaceholder($teamPlaceholder);
```

### Some other things

[](#some-other-things)

You're free to define any format for placeholders:

```
use LorenzoMilesi\Templates\Template;
use LorenzoMilesi\Templates\PlaceholderFactory;

$datePlaceholder = PlaceholderFactory::build('{date}', \Carbon\Carbon::today()->format('Y-m-d'));

Template::load('this will replace {date} but not [date]')
    ->addPlaceholder($datePlaceholder);
```

When you define placeholders on a Template, order matters:

```
use LorenzoMilesi\Templates\Template;
use LorenzoMilesi\Templates\PlaceholderFactory;

$dateOne = PlaceholderFactory::build('{date}', \Carbon\Carbon::today()->format('Y-m-d'));

$dateTwo = PlaceholderFactory::build('{date}', \Carbon\Carbon::yesterday()->format('Y-m-d'));

/**
 * Given that $dateOne and $dateTwo replace the same tag,
 * Only $dateOne will work here, since it will replace
 * the tag before $dayTwo.
 */
Template::load('This is {date}')
    ->addPlaceholder($dateOne)
    ->addPlaceholder($dateTwo);
```

Lastly you may create placeholder switches:

```
use LorenzoMilesi\Templates\Template;
use LorenzoMilesi\Templates\PlaceholderFactory;

$condition = rand(0, 1);

$conditionalTag = PlaceholderFactory::build('[condition]', $condition ? '[today]' : '[yesterday]');

$todayPlaceholder = PlaceholderFactory::build('[today]', \Carbon\Carbon::today()->format('Y-m-d'));

$yesterdayPlaceholder = PlaceholderFactory::build('[yesterday]', \Carbon\Carbon::yesterday()->format('Y-m-d'));

/**
 * This will use today or yesterday tag given a condition
 */
Template::load('This is [condition]')
    ->addPlaceholder($conditionalTag)
    ->addPlaceholder($todayPlaceholder)
    ->addPlaceholder($yesterdayPlaceholder);
```

Licence
-------

[](#licence)

This package is delivered to you for free under the MIT Licence.

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

1657d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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