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rufhausen/placeholder
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Laravel Package for using a placeholder image service to add images to your application.

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Placeholder
===========

[](#placeholder)

Laravel 5.3 Package for using a placeholder image service to add images to your application.

\##Services supported

Currently supports [unsplash.it](https://unsplash.it/) and [placeimg.com](https://placeimg.com/).

\##Getting Started

Currently, the package consists of two facades: Placeholder and Placeimage. Placeholder is strictly for outputing placeholder image tags, while Placeimage will attempt to use an existing image public path, but revert to a placeholder image if the images does not exist.

\##Code Examples

\####Using the Placeholder tag

```
//Usage:

\Placeholder::make($width, $height = null, $tagAttributes = null, $imageOptions = null);

//Basic Example:

\Placeholder::make(200);
//outputs:  using unsplash.it

//Full Example:

\Placeholder::make(200, 200, ['class' => 'img-responsive', 'id' => 'placeholder'], ['color' => 'grayscale']);
//outputs:
 using unsplash.it
```

\####Using the Placeimage tag

```
//Create an image tag that will revert to placeholder if the image does not exist:

//Usage:

\Placeimage::make($imagePath, $width, $height = null, $tagAttributes = null, $imageOptions = null);

//Basic Example:

\Placeimage::make('/img/test.jpg', 200);
//outputs:  using unsplash.it
\Placeimage::make('/img/foo.jpg', 200, null, ['width' => '200', 'class' => 'img-responsive'], ['color' => 'grayscale']); //image does not exist

//outputs:  using unsplash.it
```

\##Installation Add the package to composer.json

```
php composer.phar require intervention/image

```

Add the package provider to providers array in `config/app.php`:

```
Rufhausen\Placeholder\PlaceholderServiceProvider::class,
```

Add the facades to the facades array in `config/app.php`:

```
'Placeholder'  => Rufhausen\Placeholder\Placeholder::class,
'Placeimage'   => Rufhausen\Placeholder\PlaceImage::class,
```

Publish the config:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Rufhausen\Placeholder\PlaceholderServiceProvider"

```

License
-------

[](#license)

Placeholder is licensed under the [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

Copyright 2016 Gary Taylor

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43862?v=4)[Gary Taylor](/maintainers/rufhausen)[@rufhausen](https://github.com/rufhausen)

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Top Contributors

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