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yiisoft/yii2-smarty
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The Smarty integration for the Yii framework

2.0.11(3y ago)74371.8k—3.6%32[1 PRs](https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2-smarty/pulls)14BSD-3-ClausePHPCI passing

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Smarty Extension for Yii 2
==========================

[](#smarty-extension-for-yii-2)

This extension provides a `ViewRender` that would allow you to use [Smarty](https://www.smarty.net/) view template engine with [Yii framework 2.0](https://www.yiiframework.com).

For license information check the [LICENSE](LICENSE.md)-file.

Documentation is at [docs/guide/README.md](docs/guide/README.md).

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

[](#installation)

Important

- The minimum required [PHP](https://www.php.net/) version is PHP `7.4`.
- It works best with PHP `8`.

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](https://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist yiisoft/yii2-smarty

```

or add

```
"yiisoft/yii2-smarty": "~2.0.0"
```

to the require section of your composer.json.

Note that the smarty composer package is distributed using subversion so you may need to install subversion.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To use this extension, simply add the following code in your application configuration:

```
return [
    //....
    'components' => [
        'view' => [
            'renderers' => [
                'tpl' => [
                    'class' => 'yii\smarty\ViewRenderer',
                    //'cachePath' => '@runtime/Smarty/cache',
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ],
];
```

###  Health Score

56

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance54

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity50

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community42

Growing community involvement

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~234 days

Recently: every ~417 days

Total

15

Last Release

1277d ago

### Community

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