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friendsofsilverstripe/backendmessages
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DRY way to create message boxes in SilverStripe backend.

6.0.0(11mo ago)1015.4k↓16.7%62BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^7.2 || ^8.0CI failing

Since Oct 27Pushed 11mo ago1 watchersCompare

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[Generate SilverStripe backend messages](https://github.com/FriendsOfSilverStripe/backendmessages) with one simple call. Type less, do more.
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[](#generate-silverstripe-backend-messages-with-one-simple-call-type-less-do-more-----)

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

- SilverStripe Framework ^3.0 or ^4.0

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require friendsofsilverstripe/backendmessages

```

### Usage

[](#usage)

Within any FieldList you can call any of the following static methods to create a message box:

```
use FriendsOfSilverStripe\Backendmessages\ErrorMessage;
use FriendsOfSilverStripe\Backendmessages\WarningMessage;
use FriendsOfSilverStripe\Backendmessages\SuccessMessage;
use FriendsOfSilverStripe\Backendmessages\NoticeMessage;
use FriendsOfSilverStripe\Backendmessages\Message;

// [...]

FieldList::create(
	ErrorMessage::create('Ehh, something went wrong.'),
	WarningMessage::create('Be careful with this!'),
	SuccessMessage::create('Yeah, that went through just fine.'),
	NoticeMessage::create('This is a useful hint.'),
	Message::generic('Some more information.')
);

```

generates

[![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/friendsofsilverstripe/backendmessages/master/images/screenshots/messages.png)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/friendsofsilverstripe/backendmessages/master/images/screenshots/messages.png)

#### Allow HTML in the backend messages

[](#allow-html-in-the-backend-messages)

Add the following to your config.yml

```
FriendsOfSilverStripe\Backendmessages\MessageBoxField:
  allow_html: true

```

MISC: [Future ideas/development, issues](https://github.com/FriendsOfSilverStripe/backendmessages/issues), [Contributing](https://github.com/FriendsOfSilverStripe/backendmessages/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md), [License](https://github.com/FriendsOfSilverStripe/backendmessages/blob/master/license.md)
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[](#misc-future-ideasdevelopment-issues-contributing-license)

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###  Health Score

49

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance52

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity77

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93.2% 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 ~185 days

Recently: every ~476 days

Total

20

Last Release

339d ago

Major Versions

0.2.2 → 1.0.02016-07-09

1.0.0 → 3.0.02016-10-21

3.0.0 → 4.0.02017-12-10

4.1.3 → 5.0.02022-06-07

5.1.0 → 6.0.02025-06-13

PHP version history (4 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.3.2

4.0.3PHP ^7

4.1.2PHP ^7.2

5.0.0PHP ^7.2 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

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