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dvarner/ascendphp
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Ascend is a PHP Framework

070PHP

Since Sep 1Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/dvarner/ascend)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dvarner/ascendphp)[ RSS](/packages/dvarner-ascendphp/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago

READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (2)Used By (0)

```
#################################################################################
# Website

Go to AscendPHP.com for more information.

#################################################################################
# Install

## PHP Enabled allow_url_fopen
composer create-project --prefer-dist dvarner/ascendphp . --stability dev
## PHP Disabled (Shared hosting mostly)
php -d allow_url_fopen=on ../composer.phar create -project --prefer-dist dvarner/ascendphp . --stability dev
## Continue
chmod -R 777 storage/
chmod 755 storage/
cp App/config.sample.php App/config.php
# In config.php turn on debug = true to see 500 errors
#php ascend sql:migrate
## currently not a thing in the new version; but reimplemented later
#php ascend permission:manage
#php ascend user:create 1 admin [pass] email@email.com

#################################################################################
# Supports

* PHP 5.6 (Eventually 7.0+)
* PHP PDO Extension
* MySQL

#################################################################################
# FAQ

Q: Getting a 500 error after running composer create?
A1: Do composer install.
A2: Make sure permissions have properly been set on /storage/ folder
A3: Next make sure to copy config.sample.php to config.php and filled out the variables
A4: Make sure to have correct database credentials

#################################################################################
# Setup a Cron (currently not implemented)
php /path-to-root-of-ascendphp-framework/bootstrap_cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1
```

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity38

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.6% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/56fe104ff94d68f84742d11f1b6fab6d345411dccf525875e30d72e982b371e6?d=identicon)[dvarner](/maintainers/dvarner)

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Top Contributors

[![dvarner](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8584823?v=4)](https://github.com/dvarner "dvarner (86 commits)")[![sythnyklier](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/197157?v=4)](https://github.com/sythnyklier "sythnyklier (3 commits)")

### Embed Badge

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