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asgrim/side-effect
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Side Effect Framework

1.0.x-dev(3y ago)1611MITPHPPHP 8.1.\*

Since Aug 5Pushed 3y ago2 watchersCompare

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Side Effect 💥
=============

[](#side-effect-)

> **This is what stringly-typed programming is (h/t [@nilsluxton](https://twitter.com/nilsluxton/status/1555204139562549254))**

Side effect is a middleware-ish framework that does NOT support PSR-15.

Everything is marshalling a string, basically. So, everything is `__toString()`.

Features ✨
----------

[](#features-)

- 💻 Dispatch controllers (extend `\Asgrim\SideEffect\Features\AbstractController` for ease of use!)
- 🧅 Dispatch middlewares (anything that implements `\Asgrim\SideEffect\Dispatchable` can be used!)
- 💾 Perform database queries using `\Asgrim\SideEffect\Features\PerformDatabaseQuery`
- 🤫 Handle errors effectively with `\Asgrim\SideEffect\Features\ShutTheHellUpDecorator`

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

[](#basic-usage)

```
echo (new Framework(
    $serverRequest, // You could use `guzzlehttp/psr7` to make this
    [
        // Add loads more middlewares here to do spooky things! 💕
        new class extends AbstractController {
            public function __toString() : string
            {
                return 'Hello, world!';
            }
        },
    ]
));
```

Demo Script 🔥
-------------

[](#demo-script-)

The `demo.php` script shows an example application using the framework. You can base your enterprise level application on this easy example.

You can run the `demo.php` script to see it in action like this:

```
php -S localhost:8000 demo.php
```

Then visit:

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1382d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2734194006e4987a8e12379a63b4f6c0a4478b5818ea7ce677499b1f714a92d2?d=identicon)[asgrim](/maintainers/asgrim)

---

Top Contributors

[![asgrim](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/496145?v=4)](https://github.com/asgrim "asgrim (24 commits)")[![edorian](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/247397?v=4)](https://github.com/edorian "edorian (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPsalm

Type Coverage Yes

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