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cjrasmussen/request
===================

Helper class for working with information about web requests

3.0.0(8mo ago)01421MITPHPPHP >=8.4.0

Since Apr 7Pushed 8mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Request
=======

[](#request)

Helper class for working with information about web requests. Useful for accessing request data in an object-oriented fashion.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use cjrasmussen\Request\RequestData;

$requestData = new RequestData($_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIES, $_FILES, $_SERVER, $_ENV);

$isWebRequest = $requestData->isWebRequest();

if ($isWebRequest) {
    $url = $requestData->getRequestedUrl();
}

// access $_GET['id']
$requestData->query->get('id');
```

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

[](#installation)

Simply add a dependency on cjrasmussen/request to your composer.json file if you use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to manage the dependencies of your project:

```
composer require cjrasmussen/request
```

Although it's recommended to use Composer, you can actually include the file(s) any way you want.

License
-------

[](#license)

Request is [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) licensed.

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance60

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

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 ~92 days

Recently: every ~117 days

Total

11

Last Release

257d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02024-07-06

2.2.0 → 3.0.02025-10-19

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.1.0

2.0.0PHP >=7.4.0

3.0.0PHP >=8.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![cjrasmussen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15007730?v=4)](https://github.com/cjrasmussen "cjrasmussen (12 commits)")

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