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chustilla/cakephp-fractal
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An easy to use Fractal integration for CakePHP 3 applications

2.2.0(5y ago)010.4k[1 PRs](https://github.com/chustilla/cakephp-fractal/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7.2

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CakePHP Fractal
---------------

[](#cakephp-fractal)

Basic data transformation for responding from your API.

The package provide a simple wrapper around [Factral](https://fractal.thephpleague.com/) for your CakePHP 3 applications, inspired by [Laravel fractal](https://github.com/spatie/laravel-fractal).

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >=7.2

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Via Composer

```
$ composer install chustilla/cakephp-fractal

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

For simpler usage, the package provide a helper

```
#src/Controller/VideoGamesController.php

public function index()
{
    return fractal(
        $this->VideoGames->find(),
        new VideoGameTransformer()
    )->respond();
}
```

where VideoGameTransformes is a [Fractal Tranformer](https://fractal.thephpleague.com/transformers/)

For complex data structures you can use [includes](https://fractal.thephpleague.com/transformers/#including-data)

```
fractal(
        $this->VideoGames->find()->contain([]),
        new VideoGameTransformer()
    )->parseIncludes(['platform'])
    ->respond();
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](./LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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 ~11 days

Total

6

Last Release

2115d ago

Major Versions

1.0.2 → 2.0.02020-07-16

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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