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maps82/smarty-view
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Slim Framework view helper built on top of the Smarty template engine

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Slim Framework Smarty View
==========================

[](#slim-framework-smarty-view)

This is a Slim Framework view helper built on top of the Smarty templating component. You can use this component to create and render templates in your Slim Framework application.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)

```
$ composer require maps82/smarty-view
```

Requires Slim Framework 3.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// Create Slim app
$app = new \Slim\App();

// Fetch DI Container
$container = $app->getContainer();

// Register Smarty View helper
$container['view'] = function ($c) {
    $view = new \Slim\Views\Smarty('path/to/templates', [
        'compile' => 'path/to/compile',
        'config' => 'path/to/config', // optional
        'cache' => 'path/to/cache', // optional - omit this to disable caching
        'debug' => false
    ]);

    // Instantiate and add Slim specific extension
    $view->addExtension(new Slim\Views\SmartyExtension(
        $c['router'],
        $c['request']->getUri()
    ));

    return $view;
};

// Define named route
$app->get('/hello/{name}', function ($request, $response, $args) {
    return $this->view->render($response, 'profile.tpl', [
        'name' => $args['name']
    ]);
})->setName('profile');

// Run app
$app->run();
```

Custom template functions
-------------------------

[](#custom-template-functions)

This component exposes a custom `path_for` function to your Smarty templates. You can use this function to generate complete URLs to any Slim application named route. This is an example Smarty template:

```
{extends "layout.tpl"}

{block name="body"}
User List

    Josh

{/block}

```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

This component is strongly based on the offical slim/twig-view

- [Josh Lockhart](https://github.com/codeguy)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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 ~45 days

Total

2

Last Release

3866d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e3d34ef7124044ef13e7fc8078686c9149c521787ee33d33146eefe7a070e5a5?d=identicon)[maps82](/maintainers/maps82)

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Top Contributors

[![maps82](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12223156?v=4)](https://github.com/maps82 "maps82 (8 commits)")

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Tags

frameworkslimtemplateviewsmarty

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