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taluu/link-tpl
==============

Templating Engine for PHP

1.14.0(13y ago)833[12 issues](https://github.com/Taluu/Link-TPL/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/Taluu/Link-TPL/pulls)BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.2.1

Since May 14Pushed 13y agoCompare

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Link TPL
========

[](#link-tpl)

A templating engine in PHP, using a XML syntax like, and a parser based on PCREs.

**Requires** at least *PHP 5.2.3*, because of the utilisation of the Standard PHP Library and several object specifications available only since 5.2.1. Compatible PHP 5.3, PHP 5.4 and PHP 5.5

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/99da32001c26783a3df6fa2a1d5dbde95d3d282d7cd861d5e5fc9ec9918b3606/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f54616c75752f4c696e6b2d54504c2e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](http://travis-ci.org/Taluu/Link-TPL)

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

[](#documentation)

For any pieces of documentation, check the [official site](http://www.talus-works.net)([Talus' TPL > Documentation](http://www.talus-works.net/forum-7-p1-documentation.html)). It is in french though, and is up to date only for Link < 1.13 (aka Talus TPL).

A recent version of the documentation (in english) can be found in the `docs`folder, and an online version in available on [Read the docs.org](http://readthedocs.org/docs/link-templates/en/latest).

For Link < 1.13, you may find an english documentation on [Pingax's fork of Link TPL](http://github.com/Pingax/Link-TPL/).

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

[](#installation)

You have multiple ways to install Link. If you are unsure what to do, go with the tarball.

### From the tarball release

[](#from-the-tarball-release)

1. Download the most recent tarball from the [download page](https://github.com/Taluu/Link-TPL/tags)
2. Unpack the tarball
3. Move the files somewhere in your project

### Development version

[](#development-version)

1. Install Git
2. `git clone git://github.com/Taluu/Link-TPL.git`

### Via Composer

[](#via-composer)

1. Install composer in your project: `curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php`
2. Create a `composer.json` file in your project root:

    ```
      {
        "require": {
          "Taluu/Link-TPL": "1.*"
        }
      }
    ```
3. Install via composer : `php composer.phar install`

About this project...
---------------------

[](#about-this-project)

This project was initiated as a fork "from scratch" from the templating engine of the [Fire Soft Board](http://www.fire-soft-board.com) project. It also has some stuff inspired from the [Twig](https://github.com/fabpot/Twig)'s, [PHPBB3](https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb3)'s and [Django](https://github.com/django/django)'s templating engines.

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99.7% 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 ~335 days

Total

2

Last Release

4829d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a0a8e7ce68ae5cfe2ad58504dffc6d4e5ca05291dcde032048a70c3f8e9e7e3a?d=identicon)[Talus](/maintainers/Talus)

---

Top Contributors

[![Taluu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/239685?v=4)](https://github.com/Taluu "Taluu (379 commits)")[![minirop](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/451828?v=4)](https://github.com/minirop "minirop (1 commits)")

---

Tags

templating

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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