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statix/petals
=============

A PHP templating engine based on Laravel Blade

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A PHP templating engine based on Laravel Blade
==============================================

[](#a-php-templating-engine-based-on-laravel-blade)

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Petals is a zero dependency PHP templating engine based on Laravel Blade. This was built as a fun experiment to play with ChatGPT and GitHub Co-pilot, between the two AI tools they wrote ~60% of the code.

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require statix-php/petals
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Statix\Petals\TemplatingEngine;

// require the composer autoloader
require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';

$engine = new TemplatingEngine(
    templates: __DIR__.'/templates',
    cachePath: __DIR__.'/cache',
);

$engine = new TemplatingEngine(
    templates: [
        __DIR__ . '/templates-one',
        __DIR__ . '/templates-two',
    ],
    cachePath: __DIR__.'/cache',
);

// Render the templates/app.blade.php template
$content = $engine->render('app', [
    'message' => 'Hello world!',
]);

// Render the given string
$content = $engine->renderString('Hello {{ $name }}! The unix timestamp is {{ $time }}', [
    'name' => 'world',
    'time' => time(),
]);

// Compile the template to the cache directory, the compiled template will be used to render the template when render is called
$engine->compile('app');

// Compile the given string to the cache directory, if render is called on the same string, it will be rendered from the compiled cache template
$engine->compileString('Hello {{ $name }}! The unix timestamp is {{ $time }}');

// Clear the compiled templates
$engine->clearCache();
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

Formatting
----------

[](#formatting)

```
composer format
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Wyatt Castaneda](https://github.com/statix-php)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

16

—

LowBetter than 4% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity27

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 73.3% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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