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istok/router
============

Basic routing component

0.0.3(4y ago)07MITPHPPHP ^8.1

Since May 1Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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```
composer require istok/router
```

Basic router
============

[](#basic-router)

- matching given `Request` (essentially `array`) to `mixed $handler`
- comes with implementation suitable for http request
- Support variables, like `/post/{id}/`
- build to play with `istok/container`
- (I hope) it can be easily extended to route something else than `http` (console, queue)

Usage (currently no sugar provided)
-----------------------------------

[](#usage-currently-no-sugar-provided)

Working example in `example.com`, don't forget to install dependencies first.

```
use Istok\Router\Router;
use Istok\Router\Route;
use Istok\Router\Http\HttpTemplate;
use Istok\Router\Http\HttpRequest;

// define single router entry
$route = new Route(
    // provide template interface
    new HttpTemplate('/post/{id}/show', 'GET', '{user}.example.com'),
    // provide handler
    fn($id, $user) => print "User: $user, id: $id"
);

// setup router, add our single route
$router = new Router($route);

// special http-oriented implementation of Request interface
$request = new HttpRequest('/post/abc/show', 'GET', 'user1.example.com');

// match route to request
$result = $router->find($request);

// execute result,
// $result->arguments contains ['user' => 'user1', 'id' => 'abc']
($result->route->handler)(...$result->arguments); // User: user1, id: abc
```

How to capture rest part of template
------------------------------------

[](#how-to-capture-rest-part-of-template)

Last one in `path`

```
$template =  new HttpTemplate('/post/{url*}'),
```

will match `/post/abc/def`, with arguments `['url' => 'abc/def']`

Similar in `host`

```
$template =  new HttpTemplate('/', host: '{subdomain*}.example.com'),
```

will match `abc.def.example.com`, with arguments `['subdomain' => 'abc.def']`

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~3 days

Total

3

Last Release

1519d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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