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tjlytle/render
==============

A very simple view rendered for PHP based templates.

v1.0.0(12y ago)7391MITPHP

Since Feb 22Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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Render
======

[](#render)

A *very* simple rendered for PHP based templates. **Not** a template language, just a simple wrapper that handles undefined template variables, helper functions, and turing a `phtml` file into a string.

If you're using some kind of framework, you probably shouldn't be using this. I threw this together to be pasted (yes, pasted, if you have composer up and running, pull in a real template library) into exsisting legacy projects and turn classic HTML with embedded PHP into a bit more up-to-date PHP rendered templates.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Set View Variables
- Set View Helpers
- Render Template in Layout

Example
-------

[](#example)

index.php:

```
$render = new Render('layout.phtml');
$render->name = 'Tim';
$render->message = 'This is a secret message';
$render->encode = function($value){
    return str_rot13($value);
};

echo $render('template.phtml');

```

layout.phtml:

```

  Example Layout

    My Old Site

```

template.phtml

```
Hi , welcome back.
Here's your secret message:

```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4464d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

templatetemplatingviewrenderer

###  Code Quality

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