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piestar/dough
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The Dough Templating Language

1.0.1(7y ago)18.7k↓33.3%MITPHP

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Dough Template Language
=======================

[](#dough-template-language)

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Dough is a tiny templating language that understands two constructs:

- `{{ some_variable }}` Normal variables (will be HTML-escaped on output)
- `{!! some_variable !!}` Raw variables (will not be HTML-escaped when output)

It also allows for arrays in its data: `{{ pie.name }}`

We use this for user-exposed tokens in a mail merge, where we wouldn't want the user to have access to a more complex templating language with a larger surface area to secure.

Be aware that this package does not currently protect against JavaScript or malicious HTML injection.

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

```
$mixed = DoughMixer::mix("pie is {{ pie }}"   , ['pie' => '']); // "pie is <good&rt;"
$mixed = DoughMixer::mix("pie is {!! pie !!}" , ['pie' => '']); // "pie is "
$mixed = DoughMixer::mix("Eat {{ pie.name }}!",
                                 ['pie' => ['name' => 'Apple Pie']]); // "Eat Apple Pie!"
```

###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community8

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 ~1233 days

Total

2

Last Release

2706d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

phptemplatedoughtemplating language

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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