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[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) 4. / 5. opensolutions/foil ActiveLibrary[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) opensolutions/foil ================== PHP template engine for native PHP templates 0.7.4(8mo ago)1945—0%1MITPHPPHP >=8.1 Since Jan 21Pushed 8mo agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/opensolutions/foil)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/opensolutions/foil)[ Docs](https://github.com/opensolutions/foil)[ RSS](/packages/opensolutions-foil/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (7)Versions (27)Used By (1) FOIL ==== [](#foil) > PHP template engine, for PHP templates. --- [![license](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9336836ce504a3574dc4245e4421ce5f22d54e1101463771b9cb1061da9c0cc7/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f6c2f666f696c2f666f696c2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) --- Cloned from the abandoned [FoilPHP/Foil](https://github.com/FoilPHP/Foil) in August 2025. --- **Foil** brings all the flexibility and power of modern template engines to native PHP templates. Write simple, clean and concise templates with nothing more than PHP. Key Features ============ [](#key-features) - Templates inheritance (you'll never miss Twig or Blade) - Clean, concise and DRY templates - Dozen of ready-made helper functions and filters - Easily extensible and customizable - Multiple template folders with file auto-discover or custom picking - Auto or manual data escape - Powerful context API (preassign data to templates using conditions) - Framework agnostic, centralized API for very easy integration - Composer ready, fully unit and functional tested, PSR-1/2/4 compliant ...and many more Why? ==== [](#why) Templates engines like Twig, or Blade are a great thing, really. However, to use them one needs to learn another *language* with its own syntax and rules. Moreover, using compiled engines to use even a simple PHP function one needs to write engine extension. On its side, PHP is already a templating language, but honestly it's not a good one, because it's missing pivotal features of modern template engines, like template inheritance. --- Requirements ============ [](#requirements) Foil is framework agnostic, only thing needed is PHP 5.4+ and Composer to add Foil to you PHP project. --- License ======= [](#license) Foil is open source and released under MIT license. See LICENSE file for more info. Question? Issues? ================= [](#question-issues) Foil is hosted on GitHub. Feel free to open issues there for suggestions, questions and real issues. Who's Behind Foil ================= [](#whos-behind-foil) I'm Giuseppe, I deal with PHP since 2005. For questions, rants or chat ping me on Twitter ([@gmazzap](https://twitter.com/gmazzap)) or on ["The Loop"](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/6/the-loop) (Stack Exchange) chat. Well, it's possible I'll ignore rants. ### Health Score 45 — FairBetter than 93% of packages Maintenance58 Moderate activity, may be stable Popularity21 Limited adoption so far Community15 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity72 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 92.1% 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 ~168 days Recently: every ~4 days Total 24 Last Release 267d ago PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.2PHP >=5.4 0.7.2PHP >=8.1 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/804649?v=4)[Barry O'Donovan](/maintainers/barryo)[@barryo](https://github.com/barryo) --- Top Contributors [![gmazzap](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2208282?v=4)](https://github.com/gmazzap "gmazzap (187 commits)")[![barryo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/804649?v=4)](https://github.com/barryo "barryo (7 commits)")[![kraftner](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2428517?v=4)](https://github.com/kraftner "kraftner (4 commits)")[![thevikas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/94922?v=4)](https://github.com/thevikas "thevikas (1 commits)")[![avant1](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2902785?v=4)](https://github.com/avant1 "avant1 (1 commits)")[![vinkla](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/499192?v=4)](https://github.com/vinkla "vinkla (1 commits)")[![brad-jones](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2754772?v=4)](https://github.com/brad-jones "brad-jones (1 commits)")[![fbraem](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2566642?v=4)](https://github.com/fbraem "fbraem (1 commits)") --- Tags templatestemplate engine ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/opensolutions-foil/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/opensolutions-foil/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/opensolutions-foil) ``` ### Alternatives [foil/foil PHP template engine for native PHP templates 170111.2k7](/packages/foil-foil)[league/plates Plates, the native PHP template system that's fast, easy to use and easy to extend. 1.5k5.9M232](/packages/league-plates)[laminas/laminas-view Fast and type safe HTML templating library with a flexible plugin system supporting multistep template composition 7526.3M230](/packages/laminas-laminas-view)[infyomlabs/adminlte-templates AdminLTE templates for InfyOm Laravel Generator 2681.6M7](/packages/infyomlabs-adminlte-templates)[phptal/phptal PHPTAL is a templating engine for PHP5 that implements Zope Page Templates syntax 179421.6k19](/packages/phptal-phptal)[gamajo/template-loader A class for your WordPress plugin, to allow loading template parts with fallback through the child theme > parent theme > plugin 29647.0k5](/packages/gamajo-template-loader) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)