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lenochware/pclib
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PClib PHP framework

v3.3.0(2mo ago)62523MITPHP >=7.0.0

Since Jan 16Compare

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What is PClib?
==============

[](#what-is-pclib)

Lightweight PHP framework without boilerplate of big frameworks.

### Features

[](#features)

- MVC (Controllers, templates and models)
- Db: Database layer (mysql, pgsql and sql-lite adapters included)
- Form: Rendering, validation and storing into database
- Grid (datagrid): Pagination, sorting columns, summarization rows, filter
- Auth: Authentication and authorization: users, roles and permissions
- Translator: multilanguage support
- Debugger: improved error messages, dump() function, debug-bar...
- ORM
- PAdmin: Site administrator tool
- Logger, Tree view and more...

### Installation

[](#installation)

1. [Download **pclib**](http://pclib.brambor.net/?r=home/install)
2. Copy directory `pclib` somewhere at your webroot.
3. Some parts of the library need a few database tables. You can found sql-dump in `install/pclib_*.sql`. Import this sql-dump into your database.
4. Now you are ready to use **pclib**!

or install it using composer:

```
composer require lenochware/pclib

```

### Examples

[](#examples)

**Render form**

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php'; // or 'pclib/pclib.php' without composer
$app = new PCApp('test-app');

$form = new PCForm('tpl/form-template.tpl');
print $form;
```

**Connect to database and show datagrid with data**

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
$app = new PCApp('test-app');
$app->db = new PCDb('pdo_mysql://user:password@localhost/database-name');

$grid = new PCGrid('tpl/grid-template.tpl');
$grid->setQuery('SELECT * FROM products');
print $grid;
```

For more examples see

### Links

[](#links)

- [PClib homepage](http://pclib.brambor.net/)

### License

[](#license)

This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance84

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

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 ~140 days

Recently: every ~146 days

Total

25

Last Release

83d ago

Major Versions

v2.9.5 → v3.0.02024-04-17

PHP version history (4 changes)v2.2.0PHP >=5.3.0

v2.3.2PHP >=5.4.0

v2.7.0PHP >=5.6.0

v3.0.0PHP >=7.0.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10196214?v=4)[lenochware](/maintainers/lenochware)[@lenochware](https://github.com/lenochware)

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