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romeoz/rock-template
====================

Flexible template engine for PHP with MODx-like syntax

0.14.1(10y ago)39172MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Jul 28Pushed 10y ago2 watchersCompare

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Template engine for PHP
=======================

[](#template-engine-for-php)

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Features
--------

[](#features)

- Supports native PHP engine and declarative MODx-like syntax (placeholders, chunk, snippet,...)
- Supports multi-engines
- Multi-scopes (`$root` and `$parent`)
- The variety of filters (arithmetic/bitwise operations, conditions, string, date, and url)
- Custom auto-escaping
- Support adding/customization filters and snippets
- There is a possibility of adding custom extensions
- Widgets
- Caching all entities template engine
- Standalone module/component for [Rock Framework](https://github.com/romeOz/rock)

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

[](#installation)

From the Command Line:

`composer require romeoz/rock-template`

In your composer.json:

```
{
    "require": {
        "romeoz/rock-template": "*"
    }
}
```

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

\###PHP engine

```
use rock\template\Template;

$template = new Template;

echo $template->render('/path/to/layout.php', ['foo' => 'world!!!']);
```

Contents layout.php:

```

Hello
```

\###Rock engine

```
use rock\template\Template;

echo (new Template)->render('/path/to/layout', ['foo' => 'world!!!']);
```

Contents layout.html:

```
Hello [[+foo]]
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Guide on Rock engine](https://github.com/romeOz/rock-template/blob/master/docs/rock.md)
- [Guide on PHP engine](https://github.com/romeOz/rock-template/blob/master/docs/php.md)

[Demo](https://github.com/romeOz/docker-rock-template)
------------------------------------------------------

[](#demo)

- [Install Docker](https://docs.docker.com/installation/) or [askubuntu](http://askubuntu.com/a/473720)
- `docker run --name demo -d -p 8080:80 romeoz/docker-rock-template`
- Open demo

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- **PHP 5.4+**
- For caching layouts, chunks, placeholders and others variables required [Rock Cache](https://github.com/romeOz/rock-cache): `composer require romeoz/rock-cache`
- For using a widgets required [Rock Widgets](https://github.com/romeOz/rock-widgets): `composer require romeoz/rock-widgets`
- For validation rules a model required [Rock Validate](https://github.com/romeOz/rock-validate): `composer require romeoz/rock-validate`
- For sanitization rules a model required [Rock Sanitize](https://github.com/romeOz/rock-sanitize): `composer require romeoz/rock-sanitize`
- For using filters to snippets required [Rock Filters](https://github.com/romeOz/rock-filters): `composer require romeoz/rock-filters`
- For editing a image (cropping, watermarks and etc) required [Rock Image](https://github.com/romeOz/rock-image): `composer require romeoz/rock-image`
- For generating CSRF-token (security) required [Rock CSRF](https://github.com/romeOz/rock-csrf): `composer require romeoz/rock-csrf`
- For building a datetime (DateTimeSnippet and filter date) required [Rock DateTime](https://github.com/romeOz/rock-date): `composer require romeoz/rock-date`

> All unbolded dependencies is optional

License
-------

[](#license)

The Rock Template engine is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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 ~22 days

Total

21

Last Release

3907d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/23c5d84a59845d751cb69f5469986579b9312c54c898b366fefdc05baaa80a9c?d=identicon)[romeOz](/maintainers/romeOz)

---

Top Contributors

[![romeOz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3135712?v=4)](https://github.com/romeOz "romeOz (243 commits)")

---

Tags

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