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lsolesen/php-template
=====================

Lightweight template engine with the same interface as Savant3 and Smarty.

1.0.1(10y ago)233484MITPHPPHP >=4.4.0

Since Mar 19Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Template Engine
===================

[](#php-template-engine)

Very simple template engine for PHP Version 4. It is based on the article [Beyond the template engine](http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/beyond-template-engine) by Brian Lozier.

For a more current PHP 5 implementation of the same ideas, check out [phpsavant.com](http://phpsavant.com/).

Example
-------

[](#example)

```

```

And it can be used with the following templates.

```

        Id
        Name
        Email
        Banned

```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91.7% 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

3712d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/148026?v=4)[Lars Olesen](/maintainers/lsolesen)[@lsolesen](https://github.com/lsolesen)

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Top Contributors

[![lsolesen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/148026?v=4)](https://github.com/lsolesen "lsolesen (33 commits)")[![john-kurkowski](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/299487?v=4)](https://github.com/john-kurkowski "john-kurkowski (2 commits)")[![martinbean](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/167312?v=4)](https://github.com/martinbean "martinbean (1 commits)")

---

Tags

template

###  Code Quality

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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