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leocavalcante/siler
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Siler is a set of general purpose high-level abstractions aiming an API for declarative programming in PHP.

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> ⚠️ I'm afraid that I'm not being able to keep Siler up-to-date as it deserves, so it's repository has been archived.

**As an alternative for Siler, something lightweight and simple that works as a library with Swoole out-of-the-box, I highly recommend Nano! Check it out: **

---

 [![](siler.png)](siler.png)

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Siler is a set of general purpose high-level abstractions aiming an API for declarative programming in PHP.

- 💧 **Files and functions** as first-class citizens
- 🔋 **Zero dependency**, everything is on top of PHP built-in functions
- ⚡ **Blazing fast**, no additional overhead - [*benchmark 1*](https://github.com/kenjis/php-framework-benchmark#results), [*benchmark 2*](https://qiita.com/prograti/items/01eac3d20f1447a7b2f9) and [*benchmark 3*](https://github.com/the-benchmarker/web-frameworks)

Use with [Swoole](https://www.swoole.co.uk/)
--------------------------------------------

[](#use-with-swoole)

Flat files and plain-old PHP functions rocking on a production-grade, high-performance, scalable, concurrent and non-blocking HTTP server.

[Read the tutorial.](https://siler.leocavalcante.com/swoole)

Getting started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require leocavalcante/siler
```

That is it. Actually, Siler is a library, not a framework (maybe a micro-framework), the overall program flow of control is dictated by you. So, no hidden configs or predefined directory structures.

### Hello, World!

[](#hello-world)

```
use Siler\Functional as λ; // Just to be cool, don't use non-ASCII identifiers ;)
use Siler\Route;

Route\get('/', λ\puts('Hello, World!'));
```

Nothing more, nothing less. You don't need even tell Siler to `run` or something like that (`puts` works like a lazily evaluated `echo`).

#### JSON

[](#json)

```
use Siler\Route;
use Siler\Http\Response;

Route\get('/', fn() => Response\json(['message' => 'Hello, World!']));
```

The `Response\json` function will automatically add `Content-type: application/json` in the response headers.

### Swoole

[](#swoole)

Siler provides first-class support for Swoole. You can regularly use `Route`, `Request` and `Response` modules for a Swoole HTTP server.

```
use Siler\Http\Response;
use Siler\Route;
use Siler\Swoole;

$handler = function () {
    Route\get('/', fn() => Response\json('Hello, World!'));
};

$port = 8000;
echo "Listening on port $port\n";
Swoole\http($handler, $port)->start();
```

### GraphQL

[](#graphql)

Install peer-dependency:

```
composer require webonyx/graphql-php
```

#### Schema-first

[](#schema-first)

```
type Query {
    hello: String
}
```

```
use Siler\Route;
use Siler\GraphQL;

$type_defs = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/schema.graphql');
$resolvers = [
    'Query' => [
        'hello' => fn ($root, $args, $context, $info) => 'Hello, World!'
    ]
];

$schema = GraphQL\schema($type_defs, $resolvers);

Route\post('/graphql', fn() => GraphQL\init($schema));
```

#### Code-first

[](#code-first)

Another peer-dependency:

```
composer require doctrine/annotations
```

Then:

```
/**
 * @\Siler\GraphQL\Annotation\ObjectType()
 */
final class Query
{
    /**
     * @\Siler\GraphQL\Annotation\Field()
     */
    public static function hello($root, $args, $context, $info): string
    {
        return 'Hello, World!';
    }
}
```

```
use Siler\GraphQL;
use Siler\Route;

$schema = GraphQL\annotated([Query::class]);

Route\post('/graphql', fn() => GraphQL\init($schema));
```

Object type name will be guessed from class name, same for field name, and it's return type (i.e.: PHP `string` scalar `===` GraphQL `String` scalar).

What is next?
-------------

[](#what-is-next)

- [Documentation](https://siler.leocavalcante.dev/)
- [Examples](https://github.com/siler-examples)

License
-------

[](#license)

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- **[MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)**
- Copyright 2020 © [LC](https://leocavalcante.dev)

###  Health Score

50

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity52

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community33

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 57.7% 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 ~49 days

Recently: every ~32 days

Total

22

Last Release

1982d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=7.1

v1.5.0PHP >=7.2

1.7.0PHP >=7.3

v1.7.9PHP >=7.3 || >= 8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/183722?v=4)[Leo Cavalcante](/maintainers/leocavalcante)[@leocavalcante](https://github.com/leocavalcante)

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPsalm

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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