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fig/http-message-util
=====================

Utility classes and constants for use with PSR-7 (psr/http-message)

1.1.5(5y ago)39489.0M—5.5%18[2 issues](https://github.com/php-fig/http-message-util/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/php-fig/http-message-util/pulls)20MITPHPPHP ^5.3 || ^7.0 || ^8.0

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PSR Http Message Util
=====================

[](#psr-http-message-util)

This repository holds utility classes and constants to facilitate common operations of [PSR-7](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-7/); the primary purpose is to provide constants for referring to request methods, response status codes and messages, and potentially common headers.

Implementation of PSR-7 interfaces is **not** within the scope of this package.

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

[](#installation)

Install by adding the package as a [Composer](https://getcomposer.org)requirement:

```
$ composer require fig/http-message-util
```

###  Health Score

55

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FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity71

Solid adoption and visibility

Community44

Growing community involvement

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60.5% 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 ~262 days

Recently: every ~347 days

Total

7

Last Release

2001d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP ^5.3 || ^7.0

1.1.5PHP ^5.3 || ^7.0 || ^8.0

### Community

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