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Laravel - Painless legacy
=========================

[](#laravel---painless-legacy)

With this package, you can use some Laravel v5.3+ features in the v5.2.

Features
--------

[](#features)

### Middlewares

[](#middlewares)

- ConvertEmptyStringsToNull: `Pallares\LaravelPainlessLegacy\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ConvertEmptyStringsToNull`
- TrimStrings: `Pallares\LaravelPainlessLegacy\Foundation\Http\Middleware\TrimStrings`

Usage: use the middlewares directly.

### Http

[](#http)

- Request `validate` macro.

Usage: register the `Pallares\LaravelPainlessLegacy\Http\HttpServiceProvider` service provider.

### Helpers

[](#helpers)

- tap

Usage: use the method directly.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~234 days

Total

2

Last Release

3046d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1077520?v=4)[Cristian Pallarés](/maintainers/skyrpex)[@skyrpex](https://github.com/skyrpex)

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Tags

laravellegacy

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