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webiik/view
===========

The View provides common interface for rendering templates, no matter what template engine you want to use. Out of the box it supports Twig.

1.2(5y ago)0631MITPHPPHP &gt;=7.2

Since Feb 28Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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View
====

[](#view)

The View provides common interface for rendering templates, no matter what template engine you want to use. Out of the box it supports Twig template engine.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require webiik/view
```

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
$view = new \Webiik\View\View();

// Prepare Twig renderer factory
$renderer = function() {
    // Instantiate Twig template engine
    $loader = new Twig_Loader_Filesystem(__DIR__ . '/view');
    $environment = new Twig_Environment($loader, array(
        'cache' => __DIR__ . '/tmp/view'
    ));

    // Instantiate and return Twig renderer
    return new \Webiik\View\Renderer\Twig($environment);
};

// Add renderer
$view->setRenderer($renderer);

// Render template
echo $view->render('test.twig', ['foo' => 'meow']);
```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

### setRenderer

[](#setrenderer)

```
setRenderer(callable $factory):void
```

**setRenderer()** adds a renderer - a factory of implementation of RendererInterface on template engine.

```
$view->setRenderer($renderer);
```

**Write Custom Renderer**

You can write your custom renderer. The only thing you have to do is to implement [RendererInterface](Renderer/RendererInterface.php). Look at the [implementation of RendererInterface on Twig](Renderer/Twig.php) template engine and get better insight.

Rendering
---------

[](#rendering)

### render

[](#render)

```
render(string $template, array $data = []): string
```

**render()** renders template to string.

**Parameters**

- **template** name of template to render
- **data** array of data to pass to template

```
echo $view->render('test.twig', ['foo' => 'meow']);
```

Other
-----

[](#other)

### getTemplateEngine

[](#gettemplateengine)

```
getTemplateEngine()
```

**getTemplateEngine()** gets object of template engine using by renderer.

```
$view->getTemplateEngine(); // e.g. returns Twig_Environment
```

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

- [Webiik framework](https://github.com/webiik/webiik)
- [Report issue](https://github.com/webiik/components/issues)

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~233 days

Total

3

Last Release

2167d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1226362d003d186b45e7dfa44489c36af37196c6a1b476206700eaf4e9c96a5a?d=identicon)[Jiri Mihal](/maintainers/Jiri%20Mihal)

---

Top Contributors

[![Jiri-Mihal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10408123?v=4)](https://github.com/Jiri-Mihal "Jiri-Mihal (289 commits)")

---

Tags

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