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lucasdavies/wikitextbuilder
===========================

A fluent PHP library for programmatically building MediaWiki wikitext markup, including tables, lists, and templates

v0.1.6(3mo ago)08MITPHPPHP ^8.4

Since Dec 30Pushed 3mo agoCompare

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PHP Wikitext Builder
====================

[](#php-wikitext-builder)

A PHP library for building MediaWiki wikitext markup programmatically.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.4 or higher

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install via Composer:

```
composer require lucasdavies/wikitextbuilder
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Basic Setup

[](#basic-setup)

```
use LucasDavies\WikitextBuilder\Builder;

$builder = new Builder();
```

### Headings

[](#headings)

Generate headings with the appropriate number of equals signs:

```
$builder->heading('Section Title', 2); // ==Section Title==
$builder->heading('Subsection', 3);    // ===Subsection===
```

### Templates

[](#templates)

Create templates with various formatting options:

```
// Basic template
$builder->template('Citation needed');
// {{Citation needed}}

// Template with unnamed parameters
$builder->template('Convert')->params(['100', 'km', 'mi']);
// {{Convert|100|km|mi}}

// Template with named parameters
$builder->template('Infobox')
    ->params([
        'name' => 'Example',
        'type' => 'Sample'
    ]);
// {{Infobox|name=Example|type=Sample}}

// Multiline template
$builder->template('Infobox')
    ->multiline()
    ->params([
        'name' => 'Example',
        'type' => 'Sample'
    ]);
// {{Infobox
// |name=Example
// |type=Sample
// }}

// Multiline with spacing
$builder->template('Infobox')
    ->multiline()
    ->spaced()
    ->params([
        'name' => 'Example',
        'type' => 'Sample'
    ]);
// {{Infobox
// |name = Example
// |type = Sample
// }}

// Multiline with alignment
$builder->template('Infobox')
    ->multiline()
    ->aligned()
    ->params([
        'name' => 'Example',
        'description' => 'A longer parameter'
    ]);
// {{Infobox
// |name        = Example
// |description = A longer parameter
// }}
```

Alternatively you can build templates by using the component classes directly and calling the `render()` method:

```
use LucasDavies\WikitextBuilder\Components\Template;

$template = new Template('Citation needed');
echo $template->render();
// {{Citation needed}}
```

### Tables

[](#tables)

Build tables with headers, body rows, captions, and styling:

```
$builder->table(function (Table $table) {
    return $table
        ->caption('Example Table')
        ->headerRow(['Column 1', 'Column 2', 'Column 3'])
        ->bodyRow(['Value 1', 'Value 2', 'Value 3'])
        ->bodyRow(['Value 4', 'Value 5', 'Value 6']);
});
```

Outputs:

```
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Example Table
|-
!Column 1!!Column 2!!Column 3
|-
|Value 1||Value 2||Value 3
|-
|Value 4||Value 5||Value 6
|}

```

#### Table Styling

[](#table-styling)

```
$builder->table(function (Table $table) {
    return $table
        ->styles(['width' => '100%', 'margin' => 'auto'])
        ->classes(['sortable', 'collapsible'])
        ->headerRow(['Name', 'Age', 'City'])
        ->bodyRow(['Alice', '30', 'New York']);
});
```

Outputs:

```
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="width:100%;margin:auto"
|-
!Name!!Age!!City
|-
|Alice||30||New York
|}

```

Alternatively, like templates, you can build tables by using the component classes directly and calling the `render()` method:

```
use LucasDavies\WikitextBuilder\Components\Table;

echo new Table()
    ->styles(['width' => '100%', 'margin' => 'auto'])
    ->classes(['sortable', 'collapsible'])
    ->headerRow(new TableHeaderRow(['Name', 'Age', 'City']))
    ->bodyRow(new TableBodyRow(['Alice', '30', 'New York']))
    ->render();
```

Outputs:

```
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="width:100%;margin:auto"
|-
!Name!!Age!!City
|-
|Alice||30||New York
|}

```

### Styles

[](#styles)

When applying styles to components, predefined styles can be used:

```
use LucasDavies\WikitextBuilder\Components\Table\TableCell;

$cell = new TableCell('value')->textCenter();
echo $cell->render();
// |style="text-align:center"|value
```

Currently only text alignment styles are predefined: `textLeft()`, `textCenter()`, and `textRight()`.

These can be used in conjunction with custom styles:

```
use LucasDavies\WikitextBuilder\Components\Table\TableCell;

$cell = new TableCell('value')->textCenter()->styles(['color' => 'red']);
echo $cell->render();
// |style="text-align:center;color:red"|value
```

Note that styles will overwrite each other depending on the order in which they are applied.

```
use LucasDavies\WikitextBuilder\Components\Table\TableCell;

// Custom style applied after predefined style
$cell = new TableCell('value')->textCenter()->styles(['color' => 'red', 'text-align' => 'left']);
echo $cell->render();
// |style="color:red;text-align:left"|value

// Predefined style applied after custom style
$cell = new TableCell('value')->styles(['text-align' => 'left', 'color' => 'green'])->textRight();
echo $cell->render();
// |style="color:red;text-align:right"|value
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

Run the test suite:

```
composer test
```

Or with PHPUnit directly:

```
./vendor/bin/phpunit
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT License. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance78

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community6

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 ~11 days

Recently: every ~17 days

Total

7

Last Release

114d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/583014?v=4)[Lucas Davies](/maintainers/lucasdavies)[@lucasdavies](https://github.com/lucasdavies)

---

Top Contributors

[![lucasdavies](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/583014?v=4)](https://github.com/lucasdavies "lucasdavies (7 commits)")

---

Tags

mediawikibuilderwikimarkupwikitextwikipedia

###  Code Quality

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