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jarnstedt/former
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Laravel 4 form builder with Twitter Bootstrap styling

475PHP

Since Dec 10Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

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[](#former-)

Laravel 4 form builder with Twitter Bootstrap styling. Extends Laravels own form builder.

- Set form defaults
- Repopulate forms
- Show validation errors

### Install

[](#install)

Add this to composer.json and run `composer update`.

```
"require": {
   "jarnstedt/former": "dev-master"
},

```

Add this to Laravel `providers` array in app/config/app.php file.

```
'Jarnstedt\Former\FormerServiceProvider',
```

Add this to `aliases` array.

```
'Former' => 'Jarnstedt\Former\FormerFacade'
```

### Usage

[](#usage)

Example form

```
// controller
$user = User::find(1);
$form = Former::make($user);

// view
{{ $form->open() }}
{{ $form->text('name', 'Your name.req', 'default value', array('class' => 'className')) }}
{{ $form->select('city', 'City', array('City1', 'City2')) }}
{{ $form->submit('Save') }}
{{ $form->close() }}
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a32fcad14409c19790db3bbdc941f306b94e5bdc51facf82fcf95b551ac374ab?d=identicon)[jarnstedt](/maintainers/jarnstedt)

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Top Contributors

[![jarnstedt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4012380?v=4)](https://github.com/jarnstedt "jarnstedt (10 commits)")

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