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dez-php/dez-router
==================

Router Component

v1.3.1(9y ago)02943MITPHPPHP >=5.5

Since Sep 27Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (3)Versions (9)Used By (3)

DezByte Router
==============

[](#dezbyte-router)

Initialization
--------------

[](#initialization)

After `composer install` register few components to DI

```
$di = new Container();

$di->set( 'router', function() {
  return new Router();
} );

$di->set( 'eventDispatcher', function() {
  new Dispatcher();
} );

$di->set( 'request', function() {
  return new Request();
} );

// try to fetch router from container
try {
  /** @var $router Router */
  $router = $di->get( 'router' );
} catch ( \Exception $e ) {
  die($e->getMessage());
}
```

Register routes
---------------

[](#register-routes)

```
$router->add( '/:controller' );
$router->add( '/:controller/:action' );
$router->add( '/:controller/:action/:id' );
$router->add( '/:controller/:action/:token' );
$router->add( '/:controller/:action.:format/:module-:do/:params/:statusCode' )
  ->regex( 'format', 'html|json' );

// or import from files
$router
  ->importFromArray( [
      '/test.php'  => [
          'matches'   => [
              'controller'    => 'test'
          ]
      ]
  ] )
  ->importFromFileArray( './routes.php' )
  ->importFromJson( './routes.json' )
  ->importFromXml( './routes.xml' );
```

Sample files
------------

[](#sample-files)

### `routes.json`

[](#routesjson)

```
{
  "/":{},
  "/:format/:module/:controller/:action": {
    "regex": {
      "format": "html|json"
    }
  }
}
```

### `routes.xml`

[](#routesxml)

```

```

### `routes.php`

[](#routesphp)

```
return [
  '/dashboard'    => [
    'matches'       => [
      'module'        => 'user-panel',
      'controller'    => 'index',
      'action'        => 'dashboard',
    ]
  ]
];
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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 ~48 days

Recently: every ~76 days

Total

8

Last Release

3548d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![dez-php](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13887222?v=4)](https://github.com/dez-php "dez-php (3 commits)")

---

Tags

routerphp-routerdez-php router

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