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[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) 4. / 5. penobit/irouter ActiveLibrary[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) penobit/irouter =============== A lightning fast router for PHP v1.1(4y ago)14MITPHPPHP >=5.6.0 Since Jun 2Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/penobit/iRouter)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/penobit/irouter)[ Docs](https://github.com/dannyvankooten/AltoRouter)[ RSS](/packages/penobit-irouter/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1w ago READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (3)Versions (3)Used By (0) iRouter ======= [](#irouter) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/345416a70fe29b76dabc91a2ddf96205f49f3533ce726c2c6043560724007294/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f70656e6f6269742f69526f757465722f6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/penobit/iRouter) [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c723510a781316fb54d05b19debfe40dc3105d35fb827707a34b1367e4c05955/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f70656e6f6269742f69726f757465722f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/penobit/irouter) [![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/71f94e2d28aff9539a16f63facfc82573a55587e687e3515118f520aebc5901a/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f70656e6f6269742f69726f757465722f6c6963656e73652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/penobit/irouter) - [iRouter](#irouter) - [Installation](#installation) - [Requirements](#requirements) - [Features](#features) - [Examples](#examples) - [Adding a route](#adding-a-route) - [Adding multiple routes at once](#adding-multiple-routes-at-once) - [Dynamic routes (with parameters)](#dynamic-routes-with-parameters) - [Match types](#match-types) - [adding a match type](#adding-match-types) - [Default match types](#default-match-types) Installation ------------ [](#installation) You can install this package using composer or download last release from github and include the iRouter.php file But i strongly recommend using composer For installing package using composer use this command ``` composer require penobit/irouter ``` Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) You need PHP >= 5.6 to use iRouter, although we highly recommend you [use an officially supported PHP version](https://secure.php.net/supported-versions.php) that is not EOL. Features -------- [](#features) - Can be used with all HTTP Methods - Dynamic routing with named route parameters - Reversed routing - Flexible regular expression routing - Custom regexes Examples ======== [](#examples) Adding a route -------------- [](#adding-a-route) ``` $router = new iRouter(); // map homepage $router->map('GET', '/', function() { require __DIR__ . '/views/home.php'; }); ``` Adding multiple routes at once ------------------------------ [](#adding-multiple-routes-at-once) ``` // Add multiple routes $router->addRoutes(array( array('GET','/users/[i:id]', 'users#get', 'update_user'), array('PUT','/users/[i:id]', 'users#create', 'update_user'), array('PATCH','/users/[i:id]', 'users#update', 'update_user'), array('DELETE','/users/[i:id]', 'users#delete', 'delete_user') )); ``` Dynamic routes (with parameters) -------------------------------- [](#dynamic-routes-with-parameters) ``` // dynamic named route $router->map('GET|POST', '/users/[i:id]/', function($id) { $user = ..... require __DIR__ . '/views/user/details.php'; }, 'user-details'); ``` Generate url by named routes ---------------------------- [](#generate-url-by-named-routes) ``` // echo URL to user-details page for ID 5 echo $router->generate('user-details', ['id' => 5]); // Output: "/users/5" ``` Match types ----------- [](#match-types) ### Adding match types [](#adding-match-types) ``` // Add match type $router->addMatchTypes(array('customType' => '[a-zA-Z]{2}[0-9]?')); $router->map('GET', '/use-match-type/[customType:paramName]', function() { require __DIR__ . '/views/home.php'; }); ``` ### Default match types [](#default-match-types) ``` * // Match all request URIs [i] // Match an integer [i:id] // Match an integer as 'id' [a:action] // Match alphanumeric characters as 'action' [h:key] // Match hexadecimal characters as 'key' [:action] // Match anything up to the next / or end of the URI as 'action' [create|edit:action] // Match either 'create' or 'edit' as 'action' [*] // Catch all (lazy, stops at the next trailing slash) [*:trailing] // Catch all as 'trailing' (lazy) [**:trailing] // Catch all (possessive - will match the rest of the URI) .[:format]? // Match an optional parameter 'format' - a / or . before the block is also optional ``` ### Health Score 22 — LowBetter than 22% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity5 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity48 Maturing project, gaining track record 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. 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