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middlewares/content-length
==========================

Middleware to inject the Content-Length header into the response based on the body size

v2.1.0(1y ago)212.9k↓50%11MITPHPPHP ^7.2 || ^8.0CI passing

Since Mar 15Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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middlewares/content-length
==========================

[](#middlewarescontent-length)

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Middleware to inject the Content-Length header into the response based on the body size.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 7.2
- A [PSR-7 http library](https://github.com/middlewares/awesome-psr15-middlewares#psr-7-implementations)
- A [PSR-15 middleware dispatcher](https://github.com/middlewares/awesome-psr15-middlewares#dispatcher)

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

[](#installation)

This package is installable and autoloadable via Composer as [middlewares/content-length](https://packagist.org/packages/middlewares/content-length).

```
composer require middlewares/content-length
```

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
$dispatcher = new Dispatcher([
    new Middlewares\ContentLength()
]);

$response = $dispatcher->dispatch(new ServerRequest());
```

---

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information about recent changes and [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for contributing details.

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance45

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 87.5% 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 ~854 days

Total

4

Last Release

422d ago

Major Versions

v1.1.0 → v2.0.02020-12-02

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.0

v2.0.0PHP ^7.2 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

content-lengthhttphttp-headermiddlewarepsr-15httppsr-7middlewareserverpsr-15

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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