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99designs/ergo
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Micro-framework for routing and request/response handling in PHP 5.3

v2.7.0(11y ago)3010.5k4[1 issues](https://github.com/99designs/ergo/issues)1MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since May 30Pushed 9y ago74 watchersCompare

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Ergo
====

[](#ergo)

A light-weight library for processing requests and responses in PHP5.3. Provides a closure-based infrastructure for routing, controllers and templating.

The name is from the latin, Cogito ergo sum. "I think, therefore I am".

Install
-------

[](#install)

Ergo is designed to be easy to install and integrate.

```
$ pear channel-discover pearhub.org
$ pear install pearhub/Ergo

```

Alternately, check it out as a submodule and use your own classloader on the classes dir.

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
require_once('Ergo/ergo.php');

Ergo::router()->connect('/helloworld', 'helloworld', function() {
	return Ergo::template('helloworld.tpl.php', array(
	  'greeting'=>'Hello World'
	));
});

Ergo::router()->connect('/*', 'any', function() {
	throw new \Ergo\Http\NotFound("Not implemented yet");
});

```

How to develop
--------------

[](#how-to-develop)

For running, Ergo has no external dependancies. For development [Composer](https://github.com/composer/composer) is used to pull in SimpleTest as a dependancy.

To install dependancies via Composer:

```
$ composer install --dev

```

Run the test suite:

```
$ phpunit
PHPUnit 3.7.10 by Sebastian Bergmann.

Configuration read from /home/vagrant/ergo/phpunit.xml.dist

...............................................................  63 / 100 ( 63%)
.....................................

Time: 0 seconds, Memory: 11.25Mb

OK (100 tests, 269 assertions)

```

Status
------

[](#status)

Used in several high-volume production websites, including 99designs.com, flippa.com, learnable.com and sitepoint.com.

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community28

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 54.8% 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 ~42 days

Recently: every ~124 days

Total

19

Last Release

4326d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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