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phptransformers/plates
======================

Plates implementation of PhpTransformer

1.0.1(8y ago)051MITPHP

Since Mar 18Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Plates for PHPTransformers
==========================

[](#plates-for-phptransformers)

[Plates](http://platesphp.com/) support for [PHPTransformers](http://github.com/phptransformers/phptransformer).

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require phptransformers/plates
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$engine = new PlatesTransformer();
echo $engine->render('Hello, {$name}!', array('name' => 'phptransformers'));
```

### Options

[](#options)

```
$engine = new PlatesTransformer(array(
    'directory' => 'path/to/the/templates', // Default to the current working directory
    'extension' => 'plates' // Extensions of templates files (default to no extention filtering)
));

// ...

$plates = new \League\Plates\Engine();
$engine = new PlatesTransformer(array(
    'plates' => $plates // All others options are ignored
));
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~566 days

Total

2

Last Release

3143d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![MacFJA](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1475671?v=4)](https://github.com/MacFJA "MacFJA (6 commits)")

---

Tags

leaguetemplatesphptransformersphptransformerplatesThe PHP League

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