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matthiasmullie/php-api
======================

A neat little framework for creating PHP APIs

1.0.0(8y ago)6420MITPHPPHP ^7.0

Since Dec 8Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-api
=======

[](#php-api)

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Example usage
-------------

[](#example-usage)

Setting up is **really** simple.

You'll need a routing config:

```
test:
    method: [GET, POST]
    path: /
    handler: MatthiasMullie\ApiExample\ExampleController
```

A few lines to bootstrap, in a file where all of your requests end up:

```
$routes = new MatthiasMullie\Api\Routes\Providers\YamlRouteProvider(__DIR__.'/../config/routes.yml');
$handler = new MatthiasMullie\Api\RequestHandler($routes);
$response = $handler->route(GuzzleHttp\Psr7\ServerRequest::fromGlobals());
$handler->output($response);
```

And a controller:

```
namespace MatthiasMullie\ApiExample;

class ExampleController implements MatthiasMullie\Api\Controllers\JsonController
{
    public function __invoke(Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface $request, ResponseInterface $response, array $args)
    {
        // hey there, I can process your request!

        return [
            'status_code' => 200,
            'hello' => 'world',
        ];
    }
}
```

Or take a look at this exact same example in a clean repo, at [matthiasmullie/php-api-example](https://github.com/matthiasmullie/php-api-example).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Simply add a dependency on matthiasmullie/php-api to your composer.json file if you use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to manage the dependencies of your project:

```
composer require matthiasmullie/php-api
```

Although it's recommended to use Composer, you can actually include these files anyway you want.

License
-------

[](#license)

php-api is [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) licensed.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3080d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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