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[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) 4. / 5. namesco/ztal ActiveLibrary[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) namesco/ztal ============ ZTal makes integrating the PHP templating system PHPTAL into Zend Framework easy. 2.1.1(2y ago)2119.9k3[6 issues](https://github.com/namesco/ZTal/issues)Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=5.3.0CI failing Since Mar 8Pushed 2y ago17 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/namesco/ZTal)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/namesco/ztal)[ Docs](http://opensource.names.co.uk/ztal/)[ RSS](/packages/namesco-ztal/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1w ago READMEChangelog (7)Dependencies (20)Versions (35)Used By (0) ZTal ==== [](#ztal) ZTal is an open source project to replace the View and Form capabilities of [Zend Framework](http://framework.zend.com) with the [PHPTAL](http://phptal.org)templating engine. ZTal provides the glue that allows Zend Framework to use PHPTAL templates as Views and Layouts while also allowing PHPTAL to access Zend Framework's Translation facilities. In particular: - ZTal replaces Zend View and Layout objects with PHPTAL equivalents. - ZTal has macros to render Zend\_Form and other common Zend objects such as Zend\_Date and Zend\_Currency. - ZTal has access to Zend\_Translate, unifying translation support. - ZTal handles PHPTAL translation namespaces where they are not supported natively in Zend\_Translate. - ZTal provides plural support to PHPTAL's translation capabilities. - ZTal can use Zend\_Cache to cache rendered PHPTAL pages. - ZTal provides a Zend\_Mail subclass to use templates with email. Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) For more information and documentation please visit the [ZTal Wiki](http://github.com/namesco/ZTal/wiki) or look through the example Zend application provided. Compatibility ------------- [](#compatibility) As of v1.5.0, ZTal requires PHPTAL 1.2.3 (currently unreleased) or later. Alternatively, you can apply a [tiny patch](http://github.com/namesco/ZTal/wiki/Using-PHPTAL-1.2.2) to 1.2.2. Other Questions --------------- [](#other-questions) Feel free to chat with the ZTal developers (and others) on IRC in the #ztal channel on Freenode. License ------- [](#license) See LICENSE for more details. ### Health Score 37 — LowBetter than 83% of packages Maintenance14 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity30 Limited adoption so far Community24 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity70 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. 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 ~127 days Recently: every ~357 days Total 31 Last Release 998d ago Major Versions 1.6.14 → 2.0.02021-01-15 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/344317?v=4)[Robert Goldsmith](/maintainers/far-blue)[@far-blue](https://github.com/far-blue) ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/207391?v=4)[Alexander James Field Mace](/maintainers/alexmace)[@alexmace](https://github.com/alexmace) ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c2fecfeadca598be917b367e724355b2ca1bef3611ca1bc4ad65435674a7e9d4?d=identicon)[Drarok](/maintainers/Drarok) --- Top Contributors [![far-blue](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/344317?v=4)](https://github.com/far-blue "far-blue (34 commits)")[![alexmace](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/207391?v=4)](https://github.com/alexmace "alexmace (27 commits)")[![timcurzon](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/146207?v=4)](https://github.com/timcurzon "timcurzon (12 commits)")[![marcusjhdon](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/299708?v=4)](https://github.com/marcusjhdon "marcusjhdon (10 commits)")[![artdevgame](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/353729?v=4)](https://github.com/artdevgame "artdevgame (8 commits)")[![jackw](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/73201?v=4)](https://github.com/jackw "jackw (5 commits)")[![Drarok](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55830?v=4)](https://github.com/Drarok "Drarok (2 commits)")[![namescoaksmith](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14217448?v=4)](https://github.com/namescoaksmith "namescoaksmith (2 commits)")[![gglendinning](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10436690?v=4)](https://github.com/gglendinning "gglendinning (1 commits)")[![pdunsford](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16705321?v=4)](https://github.com/pdunsford "pdunsford (1 commits)") --- Tags zendtemplate enginezopephptal ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/namesco-ztal/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/namesco-ztal/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/namesco-ztal) ``` ### Alternatives [phptal/phptal PHPTAL is a templating engine for PHP5 that implements Zope Page Templates syntax 179421.6k19](/packages/phptal-phptal)[foil/foil PHP template engine for native PHP templates 170111.2k7](/packages/foil-foil)[proai/laravel-handlebars A Laravel wrapper for LightnCandy for using the Handlebars (and Mustache) template engine. 38204.7k](/packages/proai-laravel-handlebars)[zfbase/zend1-bootstrap3 Twitter Bootstrap v.3 Forms for Zend Framework v.1 1455.7k2](/packages/zfbase-zend1-bootstrap3)[wanze/template-engine-factory Provides ProcessWire integration for various template engines such as Twig. 2612.0k4](/packages/wanze-template-engine-factory)[leitsch/kirby-blade Enable Laravel Blade Template Engine for Kirby 4 and Kirby 5 219.2k](/packages/leitsch-kirby-blade) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)