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ppajer/php-datatemplate
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A lightweight library for rendering HTML templates in a clean way.

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Since May 31Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP-DataTemplate
================

[](#php-datatemplate)

A lightweight library for rendering HTML templates in a clean way.

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

[](#installation)

Either install via Composer or download this repository and include the class in your project manually.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The template takes a HTML file and a PHP array as inputs, and works by replacing strings inside the defined template tags with data from the input array with the same key. For example, `{{email}}` will be replaced by the contents of `$data['email']`.

### Initialization

[](#initialization)

The constructor accepts 3 arguments: The name of the template file to use, the root path of the template directory (optional, default: `'./templates'`) and an array of opening and closing tags to fill in your template (optional, defaults to `['{{','}}'}`).

```

$template = 'item.html';
$baseDir = dirname(__FILE__).'/tpl';
$template = new DataTemplate($template, $baseDir);

```

### Rendering a template

[](#rendering-a-template)

Once your instance is ready, you can call the `render()` method, passing in the data to be rendered as argument.

```
$data = [
  'foo' => 'hello',
  'bar' => 'world'
];
$template = new DataTemplate($template, $baseDir);
$html = $template->render($data);

```

#### Nested templates

[](#nested-templates)

To nest templates inside other templates, simply put the name of the template inside the template tags. For example, `{{partial.html}}` will render the contents of `partial.html` to replace the tag.

#### Repeating templates

[](#repeating-templates)

To repeat a partial template, simply prefix it with a `*` and pass an array as its value inside `$data`. For example, `{{*item.html}}` will render the contents of `item.html` as many times as there are elements in the `$data['item.html']` array.

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###  Health Score

17

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LowBetter than 6% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity33

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

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