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nfreear/http-file-dispatcher
============================

A simple library to serve static image files & documents over HTTP/S via PHP. | © Nick Freear (IET-OU).

1.2.2(4y ago)0431[3 issues](https://github.com/nfreear/http-file-dispatcher/issues)MITPHPPHP >=7.2

Since May 25Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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http-file-dispatcher
====================

[](#http-file-dispatcher)

A simple library to serve static image files & documents over HTTP/S via PHP.

```
composer require nfreear/http-file-dispatcher
```

Example
-------

[](#example)

An OctoberCMS frontend plugin:

```
use Nfreear\HttpFileDispatcher\FileDispatcher;

class Plugin extends PluginBase
{
    // ...

    public function boot()
    {
        // ...

        App::before(function () {

            FileDispatcher::debug(__METHOD__);

            $dispatcher = new FileDispatcher();

            $dispatcher->setUriRequestPrefix('/file?f=');

            $dispatcher->setFilePath(__DIR__ . '/../../../themes/applaud/content/static-pages/files/');

            $dispatcher->run();
        });

        // ...
    }

    // ...
}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

- License: `MIT`
- Original [Gist](https://gist.github.com/nfreear/742cf6839c871467df0f020b349ef15e "Date: 2016-05-25").

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.9% 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 ~623 days

Total

4

Last Release

1813d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0-betaPHP >=5.4.0

1.2.0PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![nfreear](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/131235?v=4)](https://github.com/nfreear "nfreear (10 commits)")[![ricgreenwood](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1014040?v=4)](https://github.com/ricgreenwood "ricgreenwood (1 commits)")

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