myerscode/templex

A lightweight, regex based template rendering engine

2025.1.0 2025-08-14 21:57 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.4
• myerscode/utilities-files: ^2025
• myerscode/utilities-strings: ^2025

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: ^9.5
• squizlabs/php_codesniffer: ^3.6
• symfony/var-dumper: ^5.3

MIT

• myerscode
• Fred Myerscough

• templating
• template
• template engine
• php template
• regex tempalte

README

A lightweight, regex based template rendering engine for PHP

Why this package is helpful?

Templex lets you define stubs and hydrate them using PHP variables. The engine uses regex for all processing — no eval(), no including and running code as PHP. This means you can safely generate new PHP files, config files, or any text-based content from templates.

Requirements

• PHP 8.5 or higher

Install

composer require myerscode/templex

Quick Start

use Myerscode\Templex\Templex;

$templex = new Templex(__DIR__ . '/templates/', 'stub');

echo $templex->render('welcome', ['name' => 'Fred']);

Where templates/welcome.stub contains:

Hello <{ $name }>!

Documentation

• Templates — template syntax, file types, and configuration
• Slots — includes, conditions, loops, switch statements, and variables

Example Guides

• Condition Examples
• Foreach Examples
• For Loop Examples
• Switch Statement Examples

Issues and Contributing

We are very happy to receive pull requests to add functionality or fixes.

Bug reports and feature requests can be submitted on the Github Issue Tracker.

Please read the Myerscode contributing guide for information on our Code of Conduct.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.