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northwoods/broker
=================

Dead simple PSR-15 middleware dispatcher

3.0.0(7y ago)27105.5k↑27.8%3MITPHPPHP >=7.1

Since Jul 21Pushed 7y ago2 watchersCompare

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Northwoods Broker
=================

[](#northwoods-broker)

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Broker is a dead simple [PSR-15](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-15/) middleware dispatcher. Broker implements both `RequestHandlerInterface` and `MiddlewareInterface` for maximum flexibility.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require northwoods/broker

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Acme\Middleware;
use Northwoods\Broker\Broker;

/** @var \Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface */
$request = /* any server request */;

// Use append() or prepend() to add middleware
$broker = new Broker();
$broker->append(new Middleware\ParseRequest());
$broker->prepend(new Middleware\CheckIp());

/** @var \Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface */
$response = $broker->handle($request);
```

### `append(...$middleware)`

[](#appendmiddleware)

Add one or more middleware to the end of the stack.

### `prepend(...$middleware)`

[](#prependmiddleware)

Add one or more middleware to be beginning of the stack.

### `handle($request)`

[](#handlerequest)

Dispatch the middleware stack as a request handler. If the end of the stack is reached and no response has been generated, an `OutOfBoundsException` will be thrown.

### `process($request, $handler)`

[](#processrequest-handler)

Dispatch the middleware stack as a middleware. If the end of the stack is reached and no response has been generated, the `$handler` will be called.

Suggested Packages
------------------

[](#suggested-packages)

- Conditional middleware execution can be provided by [northwoods/conditional-middleware](https://github.com/northwoods/conditional-middleware)
- Lazy middleware instantiation can be provided by [northwoods/lazy-middleware](https://github.com/northwoods/lazy-middleware)
- Response sending can be provided by [http-interop/response-sender](https://github.com/http-interop/response-sender)

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity39

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.7% 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 ~75 days

Recently: every ~98 days

Total

7

Last Release

2816d ago

Major Versions

0.3.0 → 1.0.02017-12-02

1.1.0 → 2.0.02018-01-26

2.0.0 → 3.0.02018-10-17

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/38203?v=4)[Woody Gilk](/maintainers/shadowhand)[@shadowhand](https://github.com/shadowhand)

---

Top Contributors

[![shadowhand](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/38203?v=4)](https://github.com/shadowhand "shadowhand (22 commits)")[![XedinUnknown](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1428973?v=4)](https://github.com/XedinUnknown "XedinUnknown (1 commits)")

---

Tags

dispatcherhttpmiddlewarepsr-15serverhttpmiddlewareserverpsr-15dispatcherpsr15dispatch

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/northwoods-broker/health.svg)

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