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yiisoft/view
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Yii View Rendering Library

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Yii View Rendering Library
==========================

[](#yii-view-rendering-library)

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This library provides templates rendering abstraction supporting layout-view-subview hierarchy, custom renderers with PHP-based as default, and more. It's used in [Yii Framework](https://www.yiiframework.com/) but is usable separately.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.1 - 8.5.

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

[](#installation)

The package could be installed with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```
composer require yiisoft/view

```

General usage
-------------

[](#general-usage)

The package provides two use cases for managing view templates:

- [Basic functionality](docs/guide/en/basic-functionality.md) for use in any environment.
- Advanced functionality for [use in a web environment](docs/guide/en/use-in-web-environment.md).

### State of `View` and `WebView` services

[](#state-of-view-and-webview-services)

While being immutable and, by itself, stateless, both `View` and `WebView` services have sets of stateful and mutable data.

`View` service:

- parameters,
- blocks,
- theme,
- locale.

`WebView` service:

- parameters,
- blocks,
- theme,
- locale,
- title,
- meta and link tags,
- JS/CSS strings,
- JS/CSS files.

The state of `View` and `WebView` isn't cloned when the services are cloned. So when using `with*()`, both new and old instances are sharing the same set of stateful mutable data. It allows, for example, to get `WebView` via type-hinting in a controller and change context path:

```
final class BlogController {
    private WebView $view;
    public function __construct (WebView $view) {
        $this->view = $view->withContextPath(__DIR__.'/views');
    }
}

```

and then register CSS in a widget:

```
final class LastPosts extends Widget
{
    private WebView $view;
    public function __construct (WebView $view) {
        $this->view = $view;
    }
    protected function run(): string
    {
        ...
        $this->view->registerCss('.lastPosts { background: #f1f1f1; }');
        ...
    }
}

```

#### Locale state

[](#locale-state)

You can change the locale by using `setLocale()`, which will be applied to all other instances that used current state including existing ones. If you need to change the locale only for a single instance, you can use the immutable `withLocale()` method. Locale will be applied to all views rendered within views with `render()` calls.

Example with mutable method:

```
final class LocaleMiddleware implements MiddlewareInterface
{
    ...
    private WebView $view;
    ...
    public function __construct (
        ...
        WebView $view
        ...
    ) {
        $this->view = $view;
    }
    public function process(ServerRequestInterface $request, RequestHandlerInterface $handler): ResponseInterface
    {
        ...
        $this->view->setLocale($locale);
        ...
    }
}

```

Example with immutable method:

```
final class BlogController {
    private WebView $view;
    public function __construct (WebView $view) {
        $this->view = $view;
    }
    public function index() {
        return $this->view->withLocale('es')->render('index');
    }
}

```

#### Reset state

[](#reset-state)

To get a deep cloned `View` or `WebView` with a reset state use `withClearedState()`:

```
$view = $view->withClearedState();

```

#### Deep clone

[](#deep-clone)

To get a deep cloned `View` or `WebView`, including state cloning, use `deepClone()` method:

```
$view = $view->deepClone();

```

Extensions
----------

[](#extensions)

- [Yii View Renderer](https://github.com/yiisoft/yii-view-renderer) - a wrapper that's used in [Yii Framework](https://www.yiiframework.com/). Adds extra functionality for a web environment and compatibility with [PSR-7](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-7) interfaces.
- [yiisoft/view-twig](https://github.com/yiisoft/view-twig) - an extension that provides a view renderer that will allow you to use the [Twig](https://twig.symfony.com) view template engine, instead of the default PHP renderer.

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

[](#documentation)

- Guide: [English](docs/guide/en/README.md), [Português - Brasil](docs/guide/pt-BR/README.md)
- [Internals](docs/internals.md)

If you need help or have a question, the [Yii Forum](https://forum.yiiframework.com/c/yii-3-0/63) is a good place for that. You may also check out other [Yii Community Resources](https://www.yiiframework.com/community).

License
-------

[](#license)

The Yii View Rendering Library is free software. It's released under the terms of the BSD License. Please see [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE.md) for more information.

Maintained by [Yii Software](https://www.yiiframework.com/).

### Support the project

[](#support-the-project)

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###  Health Score

67

—

FairBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance83

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity52

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community44

Growing community involvement

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~68 days

Recently: every ~76 days

Total

26

Last Release

61d ago

Major Versions

7.0.1 → 8.0.02023-02-16

8.0.0 → 9.0.02024-05-28

9.0.0 → 10.0.02024-06-28

10.0.0 → 11.0.02024-10-02

11.0.1 → 12.0.02024-12-23

PHP version history (5 changes)1.0.0PHP ^7.4|^8.0

7.0.0PHP ^8.0

11.0.0PHP ^8.1

12.1.0PHP 8.1 - 8.4

12.2.2PHP 8.1 - 8.5

### Community

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