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ph-7/php-http-response-header
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A simple package to send HTTP response headers from your PHP application

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PHP HTTP Response Headers
=========================

[](#php-http-response-headers)

**Simple PHP package to safely send the right HTTP header responses to the browser 🐘**

- [⚙️ Requirement](#%EF%B8%8F-requirement)
- [📦 Installation](#-installation)
- [🪄 Examples](#-usage---examples)
- [👨‍🍳 Who is the baker?](#-who-baked-this)
- [🎥 Me building this package](#-me-building-this-package)
- [⚖️ License](#%EF%B8%8F-license)

⚙️ Requirement
--------------

[](#️-requirement)

- [PHP v8.0](https://www.php.net/releases/8.0/en.php) or higher 🚀

📦 Installation
--------------

[](#-installation)

The simplest way to add this library to your project, is with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org).

```
composer require ph-7/php-http-response-header
```

🪄 Usage - Examples
------------------

[](#-usage---examples)

### Send Header By HTTP Code

[](#send-header-by-http-code)

```
use PH7\PhpHttpResponseHeader\Header;

// Sends "200 OK" header to the browser
Http::setHeadersByCode(200);

// ...

// Send "201 Created" header
Http::setHeadersByCode(201);

// ...

// Sends "404 Not Found" to the browser
Http::setHeadersByCode(404);

// ...

// Sends "400 Bad Request" header to the browser
Http::setHeadersByCode(400);

// and so on ...
```

**But, the library has many more handy methods such as below:**

### Maintenance Code

[](#maintenance-code)

```
use PH7\PhpHttpResponseHeader\Header;

// Send 503, Service Temporarily Unavailable to the browser mentioning that you are doing a maintenance (good practice!)
Http::setMaintenanceCode($maintenanceTimeSeconds: 360);
```

### Get HTTP Protocol

[](#get-http-protocol)

```
use PH7\PhpHttpResponseHeader\Header;

//  The HTTP server protocol
Http::getProtocol()
```

### Set Content Type

[](#set-content-type)

```
use PH7\PhpHttpResponseHeader\Header;

// Send "Content-Type: application/json" header to the browser
Http::setContentType('application/json');

// Send "Content-type: text/xml" to the browser
Http::setContentType('text/xml');
```

🧑‍🍳 Who baked this?
-------------------

[](#‍-who-baked-this)

[![Pierre-Henry Soria](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2e624b95003073bd56ecb43792155201b96f2e1d11bab1218e2215b6238c6ac2/68747470733a2f2f732e67726176617461722e636f6d2f6176617461722f61323130666536313235336334336338363964373165616564306539303134393f733d323030)](https://PH7.me "Pierre-Henry Soria personal website")

**Pierre-Henry Soria**. A super passionate and enthusiastic software engineer! 🚀 True cheese 🧀 , coffee, and chocolate lover! 😋 Reach me at [PH7.me](https://PH7.me) 💫

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🎥 Me building this package
--------------------------

[](#-me-building-this-package)

[![Watch the video](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/645436b51b5523a76137a674112e0a5432af570a9c4bf5f8e232371d982e2e3f/68747470733a2f2f69312e7974696d672e636f6d2f76692f5134646a7352637a78676f2f6d617872657364656661756c742e6a7067)](https://youtu.be/Q4djsRczxgo)

👉 **[Click here to watch on YouTube](https://youtu.be/Q4djsRczxgo)**, me building this package from A to Z.

---

[![PHP HTTP Response Headers - Send Header By HTTP Code](media/php-http-header-response.png)](media/php-http-header-response.png)

⚖️ License
----------

[](#️-license)

**PHP HTTP Response** is generously distributed under the *[MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)* 🎉 Enjoy!

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance41

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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. 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 ~125 days

Total

5

Last Release

610d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b6d95da236687f1dca4f7d70d60037c70ef217120ea195df23a39a412ba594e0?d=identicon)[ph-7](/maintainers/ph-7)

---

Top Contributors

[![pH-7](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1325411?v=4)](https://github.com/pH-7 "pH-7 (55 commits)")

---

Tags

headerhttphttp-codeshttp-headersphpphp-header-responsephp-headersphp-http-headershttpresponseheadersstatus codehttp statushttp-status-codehttp-responseHTTP-header

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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