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phpish/template
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Capture output of and compose plain old PHP templates

v1.0.1(5y ago)05211MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Aug 25Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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phpish\\template
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[](#phpishtemplate)

Capture output of and compose plain old PHP templates.

Require and use
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[](#require-and-use)

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Function Reference
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[](#function-reference)

### render

[](#render)

string **render** ( string *$template* \[, array *$template\_vars* \[, string *$template\_dir* \]\] )

### compose

[](#compose)

string **compose** ( string *$template* , array *$template\_vars* \[, $... \] )

### basedir

[](#basedir)

string **basedir** ( \[ string $dir\] )

### default\_basedir

[](#default_basedir)

string **default\_basedir** ( void )

### filename

[](#filename)

string **filename** ( string *$template* \[, string *$template\_dir* \] )

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91.7% 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 ~2668 days

Total

2

Last Release

2026d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e114ba2144bf51ccaebd841e8a59db33a11012bb097c022cb326a009d83249f2?d=identicon)[phpish](/maintainers/phpish)

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Top Contributors

[![sandeepshetty](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20508?v=4)](https://github.com/sandeepshetty "sandeepshetty (11 commits)")[![nashjain](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/38799?v=4)](https://github.com/nashjain "nashjain (1 commits)")

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