smarty-php/smarty

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Smarty is a mature template engine for PHP that separates presentation (HTML/CSS) from application logic. It provides a template syntax with variables, modifiers, and control structures compiled to PHP code.

Use cases

• separate HTML templates from PHP application logic
• render web pages with a template engine in PHP
• let designers edit templates without touching business code
• compile templates for fast page rendering
• build MVC applications with a view layer
• migrate legacy PHP apps to templated output

When to choose

• you have a PHP codebase needing clean separation of presentation and logic
• you want a battle-tested, long-established PHP template engine
• designers and developers need to work on separate files
• you need template compilation, caching, and inheritance features

When to avoid

• you use a modern full-stack framework with its own templating (e.g., Laravel Blade, Symfony Twig)
• you build SPAs where the server renders no HTML
• you prefer plain PHP templates without a custom syntax

Facets

library · maturity stable

templating web-framework web-development frontend backend php template-engine mvc presentation-layer html-templates

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