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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)28164.9k↓28.7%54MITPHPPHP ^8.1 | ^8.2 | ^8.3 | ^8.4CI passing Since Oct 20Pushed 4mo 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 2w ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (8)Versions (14)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 54 — FairBetter than 97% of packages Maintenance58 Moderate activity, may be stable Popularity44 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community23 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity76 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 ~135 days Recently: every ~228 days Total 13 Last Release 142d ago Major Versions 1.x-dev → 2.0.02023-04-05 2.1.0 → 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. 88162.3k19](/packages/aura-view)[moonshine/moonshine Laravel administration panel 1.3k268.2k89](/packages/moonshine-moonshine)[latte/latte ☕ Latte: the intuitive and fast template engine for those who want the most secure PHP sites. 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