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ehough/chaingang
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Chain-of-Responsibility / Chain-of-Command pattern in PHP.

1.0.3(13y ago)46.9k2[1 PRs](https://github.com/ehough/chaingang/pulls)2MPL-2.0PHPPHP >=5.2.0

Since Jul 8Pushed 6y ago2 watchersCompare

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chaingang
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[](#chaingang)

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[Chain-of-Responsibility/Chain-of-Command pattern](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain-of-responsibility_pattern) for PHP 5.2+

### Sample Usage

[](#sample-usage)

```
/*
 * Build some commands.
 */
$command1 = new MyCommand1();   //implements ehough_chaingang_api_Command
$command2 = new MyCommand2();   //implements ehough_chaingang_api_Command

/*
 * Build and assemble the chain.
 */
$chain = new ehough_chaingang_impl_StandardChain();
$chain->addCommand($command1);
$chain->addCommand($command2);

/*
 * Build the execution context.
 */
$context = new ehough_chaingang_impl_StandardContext();
$context->put('foo', 'bar');

/*
 * Execute the chain.
 */
$successfullyHandled = $chain->execute($context);
```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 71% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

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 ~87 days

Total

4

Last Release

4789d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.1.0

1.0.3PHP >=5.2.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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