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dlpwd/router
============

Lightweight router library with named url parameters

1.0.9(3y ago)11.5k↓50%1MITPHP

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dlpwd-router
============

[](#dlpwd-router)

Lightweight router library with named url parameters

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
$router = new \dlpwd\router\Router();

$router->get('/', '\\dlpwd\\sample\\controller\\dashboard::renderDashboard');
$router->get('/login', '\\dlpwd\\sample\\controller\\login::showLoginForm');
$router->post('/login', '\\dlpwd\sample\\controller\\login::processLogin');
$router->get('/page/{friendlyUrl}', '\\dlpwd\\sample\\controller\\page::showPage');

$router->resolve();
```

Configuring Routes
------------------

[](#configuring-routes)

The router supports three request methods, GET, POST and DELETE. There are corresponding methods in the router class to add routes for each request method

```
Router::get($_url, $_handler);
Router::post($_url, $_handler);
Router::delete($_url, $_handler);
Router::addRoute($_method, $_url, $_handler);
```

### $\_method

[](#_method)

The request method can be specified when using the addRoute method on the router to create a new route. This method is useful when adding routes in bulk, for example after loading from a database or file, rather than using hard-coded routes.

### $\_url

[](#_url)

The URL for the route should be specified with a leading forward-slash. Trailing forward-slashes are optional. The router will match requests with and without a trailing forward-slash to the same route. Parameters are specified within curly-braces. The name of the parameters must match the name of the parameters on the handler function, otherwise they will not be passed through

### $\_handler

[](#_handler)

The handler argument specifies the function to call if the route matches. The function can be specified in as any valid PHP callable

Resolving Routes
----------------

[](#resolving-routes)

To have the router examine a URL and call the relevant controller, execute the resolve method. The resolve method will return any value returned by the controller function

```
Router::resolve($_url, $_method);
```

### $\_url

[](#_url-1)

Omitting or passing null to the $\_url parameter will cause the router to use the value of $\_SERVER\['REQUEST\_URI'\]. Pass a url to this argument to manually run the router for a different URL than the one being requested

### $\_method

[](#_method-1)

Omitting or passing null to the $\_method parameter will cause the router to use the value of $\_SERVER\['REQUEST\_METHOD'\]. Pass a method to this argument to override that value. Most useful when manually running the router with a different URL as above

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 54.5% 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 ~90 days

Recently: every ~38 days

Total

10

Last Release

1280d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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