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softwarezhu/phptal
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PHPTAL is a templating engine for PHP5 that implements Zope Page Templates syntax

2.1.2(8y ago)034LGPL-2.1+PHPPHP >=5.1.2

Since Apr 16Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHPTAL - Template Attribute Language for PHP
============================================

[](#phptal---template-attribute-language-for-php)

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Requirements
============

[](#requirements)

To use PHPTAL in your projects, you will only require PHP 5.1.2 or later.

If you want to use the builtin internationalisation system (I18N), the php-gettext extension must be installed or compiled into PHP (`--with-gettext`).

Composer install (recommended)
==============================

[](#composer-install-recommended)

You can install this package by using [Composer](http://getcomposer.org). Link to Packagist:

```
composer require phptal/phptal
```

Manual install
==============

[](#manual-install)

Get the latest PHPTAL tarball from

```
tar zxvf PHPTAL-X.X.X.tar.gz
mv PHPTAL-X.X.X/PHPTAL* /path/to/your/php/include/path/

```

Changelog
=========

[](#changelog)

[Please see the projects releases page](https://github.com/phptal/PHPTAL/releases)

Getting the latest development version
======================================

[](#getting-the-latest-development-version)

You can find the latest development version on github:

```
https://github.com/phptal/PHPTAL

```

Addition development requirements (optional)
============================================

[](#addition-development-requirements-optional)

If you would like to generate the offical html/text handbook by calling `make doc`, you will need to install the `xmlto` package. Please use your operating systems package manager to install it.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.9% 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 ~473 days

Total

4

Last Release

3018d ago

Major Versions

1.3.x-dev → 2.02016-08-09

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/282614ca69de4203baea0910197292e2c14fe08d701e1712b22b5df657caf47d?d=identicon)[softwarezhu](/maintainers/softwarezhu)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

template enginezopephptal

###  Code Quality

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