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bigfishtv/magicmenu
===================

A CakePHP Plugin to generate HTML menus

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Since Sep 8Pushed 4y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/bigfishtv/magicmenu)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/bigfishtv/magicmenu)[ RSS](/packages/bigfishtv-magicmenu/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago

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magicmenu
=========

[](#magicmenu)

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require bigfishtv/magicmenu

```

### Usage

[](#usage)

AppView.php

```
$this->loadHelper('MagicMenu.MagicMenu');
```

\[your-view\].\[ctp|php\]

```
$items = [
    ['title' => 'About', 'url' => '/about'],
    ['title' => 'Work', 'url' => '/work', 'children' => [
        ['title' => 'One', 'url' => '/work/one'],
        ['title' => 'Two', 'url' => '/work/two'],
        ['title' => 'Three & Four', 'url' => '/work/three-and-four'],
    ]],
    ['title' => 'Contact', 'url' => '/contact']
];
$menu = $this->MagicMenu->create($items);
echo $menu->render();
```

### Output

[](#output)

```

            About

            Work

                    One

                    Two

                    Three & Four

            Contact

```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~310 days

Recently: every ~277 days

Total

8

Last Release

1731d ago

Major Versions

0.2.2 → 1.0.02019-06-01

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30913?v=4)[Adam Royle](/maintainers/ifunk)[@ifunk](https://github.com/ifunk)

---

Top Contributors

[![adamroyle](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25002779?v=4)](https://github.com/adamroyle "adamroyle (68 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/bigfishtv-magicmenu/health.svg)

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```

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