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[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) 4. / 5. modularr/yaml-front-matter ActiveLibrary[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) modularr/yaml-front-matter ========================== YAML-FrontMatter is a simple to use PHP-only FrontMatter type parser Library. 1.0.0(8y ago)345675MITPHPCI failing Since Apr 5Pushed 5y ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/Modularr/YAML-FrontMatter)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/modularr/yaml-front-matter)[ RSS](/packages/modularr-yaml-front-matter/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (2)Versions (2)Used By (0) YAML Front Matter ================= [](#yaml-front-matter) [![Latest Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b9c6dbfd037177266e1c9b8f03506a59d095a6bb2839893dfe4fd6d87912c96c/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f6d6f64756c6172722f79616d6c2d66726f6e742d6d61747465722e7376673f7374796c653d666c6174)](https://packagist.org/packages/modularr/yaml-front-matter)[![Software License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7013272bd27ece47364536a221edb554cd69683b68a46fc0ee96881174c4214c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d626c75652e737667)](LICENSE)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/69339b3221ef5ac9b38f29bcfb6af97724f6b5199f9149b2f4e79e945ef1912f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f4d6f64756c6172722f59414d4c2d46726f6e744d61747465722f6d61737465722e7376673f7374796c653d666c6174)](https://travis-ci.org/Modularr/YAML-FrontMatter)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/698b081a1864d420b274399785035f405c5f0be4cf1368547233151ec440b96e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f6d6f64756c6172722f79616d6c2d66726f6e742d6d61747465722e7376673f7374796c653d666c6174)](https://packagist.org/packages/modularr/yaml-front-matter) An easy to use class for handling YAML frontmatter in PHP. ### What does this class do? [](#what-does-this-class-do) This class is a PHP implementation of [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/frontmatter/) **Front Matter**. > Any file that contains a **YAML front matter block will be processed as a special file**. The front matter must be the first thing in the file and must take the form of **valid YAML set** ***between triple-dashed lines***. Here is a basic example: ``` --- layout: post title: Blogging Like a Hacker --- ``` Between these triple-dashed lines, you can set variables using YAML. You can access them via the `fetch` function. Conversion to Markdown is optional. ### How to use [](#how-to-use) ``` $page = new \Modularr\YAMLFrontmatter\FrontMatter('content/example.md'); echo ''.$page->fetch('title').' '.$page->fetch('content'); foreach($page->fetch('list') as $key => $value) { echo ''.$key.' => '.$value.''; } $array = $page->fetch('list'); echo $array['foo']; ``` ``` --- foo: bar title: Test info: you can have as many custom fields as you like date: 2005-09-16 17:20:42+00:00 layout: post comments: true slug: testing list: { foo: bar, bar: baz } list2: - foo - bar list3: foo: bar bar: baz --- Text Here content ``` Installation ------------ [](#installation) Install in via Composer: ``` composer require modularr/yaml-front-matter ``` If you are using the package in a VanillaJS project make sure you have: ``` require_once 'vendor/autoload.php'; ``` ### Health Score 34 — LowBetter than 77% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity25 Limited adoption so far Community16 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity63 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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