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phile/content-variables
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A plugin to add custom variables in your content before it is parsed.

1.0.1(8y ago)1113MITPHP

Since Mar 7Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

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phileContentVariables
=====================

[](#philecontentvariables)

A plugin for [Phile](https://github.com/PhileCMS/Phile) to add custom variables in your content before it is parsed.

### 1.1 Installation (composer)

[](#11-installation-composer)

```
composer require phile/content-variables

```

### 1.2 Installation (Download)

[](#12-installation-download)

- Install the latest version of [Phile](https://github.com/PhileCMS/Phile)
- Clone this repo into `plugins/phile/contentVariables`

### 2. Activation

[](#2-activation)

After you have installed the plugin. You need to add the following line to your `config.php` file:

```
$config['plugins']['phile\\contentVariables'] = array('active' => true);

```

### Usage

[](#usage)

You **must have** a `variables` array in your config.

```
$config['variables'] = array(
  'site_title' => $config['site_title'],
  'base_url' => 'https://example.com/
);
```

These keys are the variables, and the value is what the replaced string will be. So now when you reference `%base_url%` in your markdown/textile/content pages, it will be rendered as your real base URL:

```
This is a link to my [base URL](%base_url%)
```

Will be rendered as:

```
This is a link to my base URL
```

Another example for a site with the title *PhileCMS*:

```
Welcome to %site_title%!
```

Becomes:

```
Welcome to PhileCMS!
```

### Config

[](#config)

This plugin allows the open and close tags for your variables to be set. By default they are both set to the following:

```
'open_tag' => '%', // the open tag for the variable
'close_tag' => '%' // the close tag for the variable
```

This means any text wrapped with `%` signs will be replaced.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2994d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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