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[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) 4. / 5. qiq/qiq ActiveLibrary[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) qiq/qiq ======= Provides a TemplateView implementations using PHP itself as the templating language, and an optional lightweight template markup. 3.0.1(1y ago)28143.5k—1.7%54MITPHPPHP ^8.1 | ^8.2 | ^8.3 | ^8.4CI passing Since Oct 20Pushed 1mo ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/qiqphp/qiq)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/qiq/qiq)[ Docs](https://github.com/qiqphp/qiq)[ RSS](/packages/qiq-qiq/feed)WikiDiscussions 3.x Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (8)Versions (13)Used By (4) Qiq Templates for PHP 8 ======================= [](#qiq-templates-for-php-8) This package provides a PHP 8.1+ implementation of the [TemplateView](http://martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/templateView.html)pattern using PHP itself as the templating language, along with an optional `{{ ... }}` syntax for concise escaping and helper use. Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) Read the docs at . IDE Support ----------- [](#ide-support) ### JetBrains IDEs [](#jetbrains-ides) The [Qiq Templates Support](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/28576-qiq-templates-support) plugin for PhpStorm, IntelliJ IDEA, and other JetBrains IDEs provides: - Syntax highlighting for Qiq templates - Simple navigation between templates - HTML-aware comment toggle Background ---------- [](#background) I don't like compiled templates or specialized template languages. Smarty, Twig, etc. are all just too heavy-handed. I don't need a new language, and I don't need to "secure" my templates against designers on my team. I am generally happy with plain PHP as a template language. However, I do find escaping tedious -- necessary, and easy enough, but tedious. A template helper to output escaped HTML, like this ... ``` ``` ... is not that bad -- but even so, it could be a *little* easier. Imagine this little bit of syntax sugar: ``` {{h $var }} ``` All that happens is that `{{h ... }}` is replaced with ``. Once that is in place, it becomes easy to support helpers, control structures, and other code, all while keeping native PHP as the fallback syntax, because the `{{ ... }}` tags are essentially stand-ins for PHP tags. Qiq really is PHP -- just with some syntax sugar when you want it. History ------- [](#history) Qiq's relatives include ... - The Savant family: - [Savant 1 and 2](https://github.com/pmjones/savant) - [Savant 3](https://github.com/saltybeagle/Savant3) - [PEAR Templates\_Savant](https://github.com/pear2/Templates_Savant/) - [Savvy](https://github.com/saltybeagle/Savvy) - [Solar\_View](http://solarphp.com/manual/views) - [Aura.View](http://auraphp.com/packages/2.x/View.html) - [Laminas View](https://docs.laminas.dev/laminas-view/) (nee Zend\_View) This package is more closely related to Aura.View than to the pre-Composer versions of Savant, but does reintroduce the Savant compiler hook ideas. ### Health Score 56 — FairBetter than 98% of packages Maintenance69 Regular maintenance activity Popularity43 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community23 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity75 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 92.3% 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 ~138 days Recently: every ~226 days Total 12 Last Release 146d ago Major Versions 1.x-dev → 2.0.02023-04-05 2.x-dev → 3.0.02023-09-27 PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP ^8.0 3.0.0PHP ^8.1 | ^8.2 | ^8.3 3.0.1PHP ^8.1 | ^8.2 | ^8.3 | ^8.4 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25754?v=4)[Paul M. Jones](/maintainers/pmjones)[@pmjones](https://github.com/pmjones) --- Top Contributors [![pmjones](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25754?v=4)](https://github.com/pmjones "pmjones (108 commits)")[![koriym](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/529021?v=4)](https://github.com/koriym "koriym (4 commits)")[![harikt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/120454?v=4)](https://github.com/harikt "harikt (3 commits)")[![claude](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/81847?v=4)](https://github.com/claude "claude (1 commits)")[![suzumaze](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17695387?v=4)](https://github.com/suzumaze "suzumaze (1 commits)") --- Tags templateescaperviewEscapeescapingtemplate view ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPHPStan Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/qiq-qiq/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/qiq-qiq/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/qiq-qiq) ``` ### Alternatives [aura/view Provides an implementation of the TemplateView and TwoStepView patterns, with support for helpers and for closures as templates, using PHP itself as the templating language. 88152.8k19](/packages/aura-view)[latte/latte ☕ Latte: the intuitive and fast template engine for those who want the most secure PHP sites. 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