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substitute/substitute
=====================

String replacement based template engine

v1.1(11y ago)0168[1 PRs](https://github.com/raymondjavaxx/substitute/pulls)MITPHP

Since Oct 31Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Substitute
==========

[](#substitute)

String replacement based templating engine

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ec2aa69bb6d51d72f1a7af6cfeeefa05c5aa648208e6441be798b929af462afc/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f7261796d6f6e646a61766178782f737562737469747574652e706e67)](http://travis-ci.org/raymondjavaxx/substitute)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$template = new \substitute\Template("Hi {name}, your activation code is {code}.")
$message = $template->render(array('name' => 'John', 'code' => '1234')); // Hi John, your activation code is 1234.

```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~768 days

Total

2

Last Release

4176d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1fd9c86225a5caae462698823d30f942f13f2e68d5385ec92fe614b44f101a3f?d=identicon)[raymondjavaxx](/maintainers/raymondjavaxx)

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Top Contributors

[![raymondjavaxx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/28428?v=4)](https://github.com/raymondjavaxx "raymondjavaxx (7 commits)")

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Tags

template

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