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brnc/http-message-subset
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Interfaces for subsets of PSR-7

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DEPRECATED
==========

[](#deprecated)

This package `brnc/http-message-subset` is deprecated as  is now fully\* PSR-7 compliant. They weren't very useful, either. PSR-7 isn't implementing these interfaces, so that PSR-7-compliant objects could not fulfil the interfaces despite implementing all the methods.

\* `http-message-subset` being an adapter to Symfony1 classes cannot fulfil PSR-7's immutability requirement

Granular Interfaces as Subsets of PSR-7
=======================================

[](#granular-interfaces-as-subsets-of--psr-7)

For cases when PSR-7 is too much. And only a limited subset of the implemented methods is needed, possible or desired.

As a beginning only header related methods of the message are covered.

Definition in terms of [RFC-7230](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[](#definition-in-terms-of-rfc-7230)

RFC-7230 as well as [RFC-2616](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-4.1) defines the HTTP message as:

```
HTTP-message   = start-line
                 *( header-field CRLF )
                 CRLF
                 [ message-body ]

```

while the start-lines are defined as:

```
start-line     = request-line / status-line
request-line   = method SP request-target SP HTTP-version CRLF
status-line    = HTTP-version SP status-code SP reason-phrase CRLF

```

This packages now is referring to

- `header-field`·s as **Headers**
- Aggregation of `start-line` and `header-field` as **Head**
- `header-field`·s and the `HTTP-version` as **CommonHead**
- The `message-body` will be the **Body**
- everything together the **Message**

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2726d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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