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piotrpress/templater
====================

This library is a simple template engine file loader with variable support.

v1.2.0(1y ago)11923GPL-3.0PHPPHP >=7.4

Since Mar 23Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Templater
=========

[](#templater)

This library is a simple template engine file loader with variable support.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require piotrpress/templater
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use PiotrPress\Templater;
use PiotrPress\Templater\Template;

$templater = new Templater( __DIR__ . '/templates' );

// Example #1
$templater->display( 'template', [
    'var1' => 'value1',
    'var2' => 'value2'
] );

// Example #2
echo $templater->render( 'template', [
    'var1' => 'value1',
    'var2' => 'value2'
] );

// Example #3
echo new Template( __DIR__ . '/templates/template.php', [
    'var1' => 'value1',
    'var2' => 'value2'
] );
```

**Note:** All Errors in templates will be converted to Exceptions.

License
-------

[](#license)

[GPL3.0](license.txt)

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance35

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~636 days

Total

3

Last Release

609d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10326736?v=4)[Piotr Niewiadomski](/maintainers/PiotrPress)[@PiotrPress](https://github.com/PiotrPress)

---

Top Contributors

[![PiotrPress](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10326736?v=4)](https://github.com/PiotrPress "PiotrPress (3 commits)")

---

Tags

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