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mvaliolahi/request-hydrator
===========================

Laravel Request Hydrator Package.

v1.0.4(3y ago)5553[3 PRs](https://github.com/mvaliolahi/request-hydrator/pulls)MITPHP

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Laravel Request Hydrator
========================

[](#laravel-request-hydrator)

Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

This package add `castTo` and `HydrateTo` methods to the request object for facilitate filling Data Transfer Objects.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require mvaliolahi/request-hydrator
```

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

```
$postDTOOne = request()->castTo(PostDTO::class);

$postDTOTwo = request()->hydrateTo(PostDTO::class);
```

Overwrite properties
--------------------

[](#overwrite-properties)

```
$postDTO = request()->castTo(PostDTO::class, [
    'title' => ucfirst(request()->title)
]);
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~238 days

Total

5

Last Release

1172d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6d8a3eaee2623560bfdc9906358e1805abd4adf9fcd9170eba274fcfd8a51443?d=identicon)[mvaliolahi](/maintainers/mvaliolahi)

---

Top Contributors

[![mvaliolahi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6920600?v=4)](https://github.com/mvaliolahi "mvaliolahi (5 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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